European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Amnesty granted to suspects in 85 Salvador massacre thursday january 28, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 3 san Salvador Al Salvador  three men suspected in the 1985 massacre of i people including is. Americans must be freed under a Gener Al amnesty a military court said in ruling condemned by the United states. Rene Edmundo Valdivieso Secretary of the Martini court released the ruling tuesday from the three member Appel late tribunal. The ruling said inc massacre was a political act and was covered by an am Nesty program called for under the Cen trial american peace plan. Under salvadoran ian1, the ruling can be appealed to Superior court or the supreme court. Government attorneys did no say whether they would Appeal. The 13 people killed in the guerrilla attack on two outdoor cafes in san Salva Dor included four Marine . Embassy guards who were dressed in civilian clothes and two american businessmen. We do not believe thai persons who have committed crimes of terrorism in his instance the a Isacc of innocent unarmed persons eating in a restaurant should go unpunished the . Embassy said in a statement on the ruling. Slate department spokesman Charles Redman in Washington called the Deci Sion surprising and extremely Digap  Redman said the United Stales had consulted with the salvadoran govern ment and had Strong reason to believe these suspects would not be  the massacre occurred on june 19,19ss, when men wearing salvadoran army uniforms arrived in a truck at in two outdoor cafe in san Salvador s Pink zone a strip of trendy restau rants and clubs. They aimed automatic weapons at the crowd and began tiring. The dead marines were sgt. Thomast. Handwork 24, of Beavercreek Ohio sgt. Bobby j. Dick son 27, of Tuscaloosa Ala. Cpl. Gregory h. Weber 22, of Cincinnati and Cpl Patrick r. Kwiatkowski 20, of Wausau wis. American civilians killed in the shoot Ings were George Viney 48, of Miami and Robert Alvidrez 47, of . They were representatives of Wang laboratories a Massachusetts based computer company. The attack was claimed by a i talc terrorism. Terrorist attacks Amar can eat Uatoto in number per year in number pot year 900 Eoo 700 600 �00 400 300 �00 100 0ie part can worm wide Loti / / � ,. 4 nth. , Idof 250 200 150 50Of 7" a " to " ii Iris s _ of "dwou5s?i 9 n 182 "83 w 85 b6 s7 1981 b2 w Lam Leary flour a 100 Tribune on Rit Souro . Rup Anmol of 8m / Ilni Uli Llesi a f b4 is Asar known leftist group called the Mirdo quo Cruz Urban guerrilla commandos. It is an offshoot of one of five guerrilla armies in the Faramundo Marti National liberation front which has been fight ing the .-Iupplicd salvadoran govern ment for eight years. The three suspect in be shooting were identified As Juan Miguel Garcia Melendez Jose Abraham Dimas guitar and William Clio Rivas Bolanos. Their Case went to inc martial court after the Federal atom by general s office appealed a decision by a military judge who ordered them released. Valdivieso raid the three suspects could be released Friday. It is the second Legal order under the amnesty freeing suspects or a top convicted in the killings of americans. Two former soldiers were released Las month. They had been sentenced to 30 years imprison for the murders of two . Land Reform adviser and the head of the salvadoran land Reform Agency. Ruling angers families of slain marines by the Assoc Iileta press real Ives of . Marines killed in a cafe shooting inel Salvador said tuesday they were angry at a military appeals court ruling that three suspects should he re leased under a government amnesty. A life was taken and it should be a criminal mat Ter period no matter How you look at it whether or not there were political motives said Clifford Amanz of Schofield  s Brollier in Law 20-year-old Patrick r. Kwi Ilkowski of Wausau. Wis., was one of four Marine and nine other americans killed in the shooting at two outdoor cafe in san Salvador on june 19.1985. Trudy handwork of Beaver crack. Ohio whose 24-year-old son. Marine sgt. Thomas t. Handwork was also among Liliose killed said she Hopes the United state lakes action to Block their release. I Hope they Don t Lei them out she said of inc three suspects. The families of some of inc victims had asked officials to Appeal november s ruling by a military judge thai the suspects should be freed under the Salvadora amnesty program part of the Central american peace plan adopted in August. The Appeal decision was announced by salvadoran officials tuesday and authorities said Trie three suspects could be released on Friday. Kwiatkowski i father Bernard Kwiatkowski of Wausau said he would have no immediate comment. I m going to Wail and i m going to Sec if those people get Loose and i m going to make a statement then Kwiatkowski said. I m going to keep my feel Ings to myself until they Are released Ambriz s wife Bobette Kwiat Krivski s sister had collected More than 6,000 signatures with friends and relatives from people who opposed the release. It Hurt. It has to Hurt she said. My brother gave his life for his country. Ii feels Tike i m lighting a losing  rep. David obey. A wis called the ruling ridiculous and  if it cannot be appealed and overturned and those prisoners Are released it s going to Cost them Salvado rans Sis million obey said in a Telephone interview from Washington. Obey had sponsored a measure approved by con Gress following the original amnesty decision for the suspects that Calls for withholding 10 percent Ofa pro printed economic Aid for Al Salvador if the suspects arc freed. If they do it they Are going to lose that Money Andi will not consider any exceptions obey said. Aids explosion in . Nof expected Koop says ,.-.,. I. London a while More american heterosexuals will Likely become info Cid with aids the United Stales probably will not face an explosion of cases us. Surgeon general c. Everett Koop said wednesday. See it Ald Story an Page 12. Koop speaking to reporters on the second Day of the three Jay global aids conference in London also gave qualified support to dispensing free Needles to drug abusers to slow inc spread of the fatal Dis ease. The surgeon general is among senior health offi cers and government ministers from 146 countries attending the conference the biggest such Gatherine Ever on a single health problem. Wednesday s session was Sci aside for discussing theory into practice during which delegates will look at inc Impact of aids on women Prosl Itutti. Homosexuals and adolescents. Koop said the prevalence of the aids virus among heterosexuals makes it quite evident that the incidence of the disease in that group will Rise from the current 4 percent attributed to heterosexual Intercourse. He declined to predict what percentage of heterosexuals will develop aids but said an explosion of cases such As that among male homosexuals Proba Bly would not a apron. But there s a difference Between an explosion and safely the surgeon general said. "1 think it s a tremendous disservice 10 people because it has no exploded to say you Don t have to worry. An estimated 70-80 percent of aids cases reported in the United slates and Europe have been Amon male homosexuals but in parts of Africa and the Caribbean the disease is striking men an women in roughly equal numbers according Lothe world health organization. Asked about pro Grams in some euro Pean countries to give drug users sterile Needles in Hopes of slowing the spread of aids Coop said they arc Worth considering Bui there is Public Resis Tance to the perceived abetting of drug abuse. With a fatal epidemic that s spreading As Koop this one is you do anything in inc world that you can do 10 Stop it Koop said. And if providing free Needles will Slop it that s Fine acquired immune deficiency syndrome destroys the body s immunity to disease leaving it vulnerable to infections and cancers. Ii is fatal and there is no vaccine or  sexual Intercourse other Mam causes of aids transmission Are the sharing of contaminated Needles by drug abusers. Blood transfusions and from pregnant mothers to their unborn children.,Ai a news conference rwandan health minister Casimir Biz Mug attacked As racist and discriminatory Belgium s mandatory aids screening of for eign students Many of whom come from former belgian colonies like  also criticized the soviet Union and China for imposing similar measures. He said icy could network since the aids antibodies can Lake months 10 Manifest themselves and a Carrier might Pat through screening undetected. _ Belgium presented itself As a special ease because of its links with former african colonies like Zaire and Burundi where he disease is rampant. Most of its foreign students Are  tuesday delegates were told the number of aids cases will grow from a current estimated150,000 to More than i million by 1991. Or. Jonathan Mann the american director of who s special program on aids told the Confer ence tuesday it is Likely thai several Hundred Mil lion people Bilund the world May have Behaviours which make them potentially vulnerable to infection with his Ibe virus that causes aids