the soto case

 


 just read thiz 




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" Gilberto Soto,
 an organizer 
for the International Brotherhood 
         of Teamsters, 
was assassinated November 5
 in El Salvador,
 where he was building links
 with Central American port workers." 

"Soto was killed by two gunmen
 outside his mother's house in Usulutan,
 60 miles from the capital city of San Salvador."

"He was an organizer
 with the Teamsters Port Division 
in New Jersey
 and had spent the last several years 
in a campaign to organize port workers,
 mostly drivers, in the Northeastern U.S."

" A year ago, 
he began working 
with the Danish General Workers Union 
to document violations 
of worker rights by Maersk, 
one of the largest shipping companies 
in the world." 

"Maersk has a long 
and rotten record 
in El Salvador."

 "Soto had just arrived in El Salvador
 to begin his organizing work 
when he was assassinated."

 
" He had planned meetings 
with port workers 
who drive trucks for Maersk, 
and with labor officials 
in Nicaragua,
 El Salvador and Honduras."


"The Teamsters,
 along with 
the International Longshoremen's Association
 and 
International Longshore and Warehouse Union,
 have offered a $75,000 reward
 for information leading 
to the arrest and conviction 
of Soto's killers." 

  "Maersk  controls
 80 percent 
of the container shipping market 
in El Salvador."


" in el salvador
  there are plenty
of well known death squads 
that  carry out this  
type of killing "
    

"however 
 their near untouchability 
 makes it unlikely 
Soto's killers will be arrested "

" The  death squads 
in El Salvador 
were set up
  by the CIA  
and a  relationship 
   continues "
 


"Soto emigrated to the U.S. 
from El Salvador 
in 1975
 He was an active supporter
 of 
the Farabundo Marti
 National Liberation Front"
 
"He was also active in 
the Committee in Solidarity 
with the People of El Salvador
 (CISPES)"


" in 1993
  Soto became 
the first Latino president 
of a Teamster local
 in New Jersey "



 "Soto was one day short 
of his 50th birthday 
when he was assassinated," 

" he  leaves behind a wife
 and three children."


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