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The Daily Worker
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
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In El Salvador, President Araujo enforced decrees dissolving working class organizations on March 20, leading to police attacks on demonstrations. Workers from Federacion Regional Obrera and Anti-Imperialist League were beaten, arrested, and sentenced to bread and water in Santiago de Texacuangos.
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Presidential decrees to do away with all working class organizations in El Salvador were put into effect on March 20 by Araujo, the new tool of American imperialism. On the same day, a mass demonstration of the Federacion Regional Obrera was brutally attacked by the police, and the following workers were beaten and arrested: Jose Centeno, Carlos Galvez, Bartolome Velasquez, Isabel Farjan, Jose Le Mejia, Carlos Guardado, Ramon Rios and Luis Diaz.
All these workers were sentenced to "bread and water," and beatings. Claudio Perez, Andrez Perez, Brau-lio Lopez, Juan Lopez, Juan Lemus, Hector Mena and Benita Pura were arrested and a mass demonstration of the Anti-Imperialist League was prevented by the police in Santiago de Texacuangos, El Salvador.
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El Salvador
Event Date
March 20
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workers beaten, arrested, and sentenced to bread and water; demonstrations attacked and prevented.
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Presidential decrees dissolved working class organizations. Police brutally attacked Federacion Regional Obrera demonstration, beating and arresting listed workers who were sentenced to bread and water and beatings. Additional arrests during prevented Anti-Imperialist League demonstration in Santiago de Texacuangos.