¡Tome Acción Hoy! Militares Nombrados a los Puestos de Seguridad Pública

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In a major cabinet shakeup, El Salvador’s President Mauricio Funes has effectively removed all high-ranking members of his public security cabinet who are linked to the leftist Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN). Their replacements, including several high-ranking military officers, indicate a disturbing trend toward the militarization of El Salvador’s public security force, which has remained a civilian agency since the signing of the 1992 Peace Accords twenty years ago. Many of the officers assuming leadership of these “civilian” security posts were trained by the US at the infamous combat training facility for Latin American military, the School of the Americas  (SOA), in Ft. Benning, Georgia.

In November, Manuel Melgar, the Minister of Public Security, was forced to retire; he was quickly replaced by a recently retired Army General, David Mungía Payés. At the end of December, Funes fired Eduardo Linares, director of the State Intelligence Agency, also a member of the FMLN. Most recently, on Monday January 23, Funes fired Carlos Ascencio, the Director of the National Civilian Police (PNC) and promptly named Francisco Ramón Salinas as the new director; Salinas had retired as an army general only hours beforehand. Click here for more background on the cabinet changes.

CISPES shares the concern of our allies in the Salvadoran social movement and in the FMLN that these decisions were influenced by the United States, especially in light of the impending implementation of several US security programs in El Salvador, including the Central America Regional Security Initiative (CARSI), to which the US has pledged over $200 million, and the Partnership for Growth. Military influence is rising quickly across Central America, from the election of General Pérez Molina as President in Guatemala to a proposed constitutional amendment in Honduras to empower the military with independent policing duties and authorities.

Take action today to denounce US support for the re-militarization of El Salvador and Central America!

1. Send an email to Roberta Jacobson, interim Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemispheric Affairs to demand that the US stop financially and politically supporting militarization in El Salvador and Central America. 2. Sign a petition to President Funes in El Salvador expressing your concern about his recent appointments and expressing your support for human rights. 3. Call Melanie Bonner at the State Department's  El Salvador desk at (202) 647-4161 to denounce US support for militarization in El Salvador!

Sample call script: I am calling to express serious concern about recent US intervention in El Salvador. Specifically, I am concerned that the US pressured President Funes to replace members of his security cabinet with top-ranking military officials who have been trained by the US as a condition for receiving security aid. I am opposed to the US replicating the disastrous and devastating model it has imposed in Colombia and Mexico in Central America, including having the military play an active role in public security. I urge you to direct all the US security aid to El Salvador towards prevention and rehabilitation instead of further militarization.

In a major cabinet shakeup, El Salvador’s President Mauricio Funes has effectively removed all high-ranking members of his public security cabinet who are linked to the leftist Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN). Their replacements, including several high-ranking military officers, indicate a disturbing trend toward the militarization of El Salvador’s public security force, which has remained a civilian agency since the signing of the 1992 Peace Accords twenty years ago. Many of the officers assuming leadership of these “civilian” security posts were trained by the US at the infamous combat training facility for Latin American military, the School of the Americas  (SOA), in Ft. Benning, Georgia.

In November, Manuel Melgar, the Minister of Public Security, was forced to retire; he was quickly replaced by a recently retired Army General, David Mungía Payés. At the end of December, Funes fired Eduardo Linares, director of the State Intelligence Agency, also a member of the FMLN. Most recently, on Monday January 23, Funes fired Carlos Ascencio, the Director of the National Civilian Police (PNC) and promptly named Francisco Ramón Salinas as the new director; Salinas had retired as an army general only hours beforehand. Click here for more background on the cabinet changes.

CISPES shares the concern of our allies in the Salvadoran social movement and in the FMLN that these decisions were influenced by the United States, especially in light of the impending implementation of several US security programs in El Salvador, including the Central America Regional Security Initiative (CARSI), to which the US has pledged over $200 million, and the Partnership for Growth. Military influence is rising quickly across Central America, from the election of General Pérez Molina as President in Guatemala to a proposed constitutional amendment in Honduras to empower the military with independent policing duties and authorities.

Take action today to denounce US support for the re-militarization of El Salvador and Central America!

1. Send an email to Roberta Jacobson, interim Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemispheric Affairs to demand that the US stop financially and politically supporting militarization in El Salvador and Central America. 2. Sign a petition to President Funes in El Salvador expressing your concern about his recent appointments and expressing your support for human rights. 3. Call Melanie Bonner at the State Department's  El Salvador desk at (202) 647-4161 to denounce US support for militarization in El Salvador!

Sample call script: I am calling to express serious concern about recent US intervention in El Salvador. Specifically, I am concerned that the US pressured President Funes to replace members of his security cabinet with top-ranking military officials who have been trained by the US as a condition for receiving security aid. I am opposed to the US replicating the disastrous and devastating model it has imposed in Colombia and Mexico in Central America, including having the military play an active role in public security. I urge you to direct all the US security aid to El Salvador towards prevention and rehabilitation instead of further militarization.

In a major cabinet shakeup, El Salvador’s President Mauricio Funes has effectively removed all high-ranking members of his public security cabinet who are linked to the leftist Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN). Their replacements, including several high-ranking military officers, indicate a disturbing trend toward the militarization of El Salvador’s public security force, which has remained a civilian agency since the signing of the 1992 Peace Accords twenty years ago. Many of the officers assuming leadership of these “civilian” security posts were trained by the US at the infamous combat training facility for Latin American military, the School of the Americas  (SOA), in Ft. Benning, Georgia.

In November, Manuel Melgar, the Minister of Public Security, was forced to retire; he was quickly replaced by a recently retired Army General, David Mungía Payés. At the end of December, Funes fired Eduardo Linares, director of the State Intelligence Agency, also a member of the FMLN. Most recently, on Monday January 23, Funes fired Carlos Ascencio, the Director of the National Civilian Police (PNC) and promptly named Francisco Ramón Salinas as the new director; Salinas had retired as an army general only hours beforehand. Click here for more background on the cabinet changes.

CISPES shares the concern of our allies in the Salvadoran social movement and in the FMLN that these decisions were influenced by the United States, especially in light of the impending implementation of several US security programs in El Salvador, including the Central America Regional Security Initiative (CARSI), to which the US has pledged over $200 million, and the Partnership for Growth. Military influence is rising quickly across Central America, from the election of General Pérez Molina as President in Guatemala to a proposed constitutional amendment in Honduras to empower the military with independent policing duties and authorities.

Take action today to denounce US support for the re-militarization of El Salvador and Central America!

1. Send an email to Roberta Jacobson, interim Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemispheric Affairs to demand that the US stop financially and politically supporting militarization in El Salvador and Central America. 2. Sign a petition to President Funes in El Salvador expressing your concern about his recent appointments and expressing your support for human rights. 3. Call Melanie Bonner at the State Department's  El Salvador desk at (202) 647-4161 to denounce US support for militarization in El Salvador!

Sample call script: I am calling to express serious concern about recent US intervention in El Salvador. Specifically, I am concerned that the US pressured President Funes to replace members of his security cabinet with top-ranking military officials who have been trained by the US as a condition for receiving security aid. I am opposed to the US replicating the disastrous and devastating model it has imposed in Colombia and Mexico in Central America, including having the military play an active role in public security. I urge you to direct all the US security aid to El Salvador towards prevention and rehabilitation instead of further militarization.

En una serie de cambios a su gabinete, el presidente de El Salvador, Mauricio Funes, de hecho ha destituido a todos los miembros que estaban vinculados con el partido izquierdista, el Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN) de los altos puestos en su gabinete de seguridad. Sus sustitutos incluyen varios oficiales militares, que indica una tendencia preocupante hacia la militarización de la seguridad pública, que ha permanecido como agencia civil desde la firma de los Acuerdos de Paz hace veinte años.  Muchos de los militares que actualmente dirigen los altos puestos de seguridad “civil” fueron entrenados por los Estados Unidos en el infame centro de entrenamiento de combate para los militares latinoamericanos, la Escuela de las Américas, en Ft. Benning Georgia. En noviembre, Manuel Melgar, el Ministro de Seguridad Publica, fue forzado a retirarse; él fue sustituido por David Munguía Payes, un general de las Fuerzas Armadas recién retirado.  Al final de diciembre, Funes despidió a Eduardo Linares, el director del Organismo de Inteligencia de Estado (OIE), también miembro del FMLN.  Más recientemente, el lunes 23 de enero, Presidente Funes despidió a Carlos Ascencio, el director de la Policía Nacional Civil (PNC) e inmediatamente nombró a Francisco Ramón Salinas como el nuevo director.  Salinas se había retirado como general de las Fuerzas Armada unas horas antes. CISPES comparte las preocupaciones de nuestros/as aliados/as en el movimiento social salvadoreño y en el FMLN que estas decisiones fueron hechas bajo la influencia del gobierno de los Estados Unidos, especialmente en marco de la implementación inminente de varios programas de cooperación estadounidense en el tema de seguridad, incluyendo la Iniciativa de Seguridad de la Región Centroamericana (CARSI, por sus siglas en inglés) a la cual los Estados Unidos ha prometido más de 200 millones de dólares, y el Asocio para el Crecimiento con El Salvador. Vemos que la influencia militar esta creciendo rápidamente por muchos países de Centroamérica, desde la elección del General Pérez Molina como presidente de Guatemala hasta una enmienda propuesta a la Constitución de Honduras para otorgarle al ejército las obligaciones y autoridades de la policía.

¡Tome acción hoy para denunciar la intervención estadounidense que tenga el objetivo de remilitarizar a El Salvador y Centroamérica!
  1. Mande un correo electrónico a Roberta Jacobson, Subsecretaria de Estado de Asuntos del Hemisférico Oeste para exigir que Estados Unidos deje de apoyar económicamente y políticamente la militarización en El Salvador y Centroamérica.
  2. Firme una petición para el Presidente Funes  expresando sus preocupaciones de los nombramientos recientes y expresando su apoyo a los derechos humanos.

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