"We do not want any more assassins trained [at the SOA] to come and assassinate people in Latin America," Linares said.
"Graduates of the school have assassinated Oscar Romero, the archbishop of San Salvador, and the Jesuit priests, and the four churchwomen," Linares said.
Nicholas Britto, public affairs officer for SOA, responded to similar charges last year in the Los Angeles Times by saying that the school "does not condone violence" and challenges those making the allegation "to show us evidence that this is happening."
According to Linares, U.S.-sponsored military intervention often brutalized left-leaning social reformers along with rebels.
Linares said: "We have been working for over 30 years as members of the teacher union and the social movement. We have been witnesses to violation of human rights committed against members [of our] movement, and many teachers have been killed."
The organizations voiced a variety of concerns related to U.S. policies regarding Latin America besides the SOA. These included: U.S. military exercises at Vieques in Puerto Rico; a $1.3 billion military aid package to Colombia; and construction of U.S. military bases in El Salvador and the Dominican Republic.
David Grosser of CISPES explained the inclusion of such a wide range of issues.
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