European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday april 15,1991 the stars and stripes b Page 7salvadorans kill Nicaragua Leader s Kin the stars and stripes Antonio Cardinal answers questions at a news conference a Day before his death Mexico City a the salvadoran army killed 14 guerrillas a including Antonio Cardinal a commander who is a Nephew of Nicaragua a president a in what rebels say is a bid to derail peace talks their spokesman claimed saturday. The ambush occurred at Dawn thursday in Al Salvador a Northern province of Chala Venango said Salvador Samoa a a spokesmen for the political commission of the rebel Faramundo Marti National liberation front or Feln. Sal press a Mexico City based news organization with close ties to the rebels also reported details of the ambush. A it was obviously an attempt to destroy the talks a Samoa a said in an interview. A this demonstrates that the army has no will to  a for our part we have the political responsibility along with the whole nation to continue the peace negotiations but you can be sure there will be a military response a he said.  peace talks opened in Mexico City on april 4 and were expected to last three weeks. A recess was called Friday and negotiations Are sch cd Fulcd to resume tuesday. Samoa a said the recess was called before negotiators Learned of the ambush. He said Feln negotiators Learned of the killings front their government counterparts. Samoa a said that among those killed in the ambush was Cardenal a top rebel Field commander. He is the Nephew of nicaraguan president Violeta Chamorro. The 4l-Ycar-old Cardenal known As Comandante Jesus Rojas belonged to a closely knit group of leaders who run the Feln a coalition of five rebel armies fighting the  salvadoran government. Cardenal took part in most of the peace talks with the salvadoran gov eminent held since june. Salvadoran vice minister of defense Orlando Zepeda called the killing of Cardinal a a heavy  to the Feln. Samoa a alleged that the ambush was conducted with the knowledge of salvadoran president Alfredo Cristiani. A they knew he was in the area they knew he was a member of the negotiating commission and they knew it was an action that would have grave political repercussions a lie said. The ambush occurred near the Village of Al zapotec. Pope announces soviet Union appointments Vatican City apr Pope John Paul ii on sat urday named spiritual leaders for roman catholics in Russia and two other soviet republics fulfilling a major condition for a possible soviet pilgrimage. In the significant step ahead for the Church John Paul appointed the first Ever roman Catholic archbishop in Moscow named Bishops in Siberia and Kazakhstan and created two new dioceses in byelorussian. A a a. A a a a a a. A the Vatican hailed the breakthrough As a much awaited Opportunity to provide for the spiritual needs of the a so harshly tested soviet Catholic Community. A obviously 70 years of state atheism with periods of intense persecution have changed the a latin roman Catholic religious Topography of the soviet Union a a Vatican statement said. The moves announced saturday were the latest in a series of Steps Forward for the Church since the historic meeting Here in december 1989 Between John Paul and soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev the first Between a Kremlin chief and a Pope. The Vatican and Moscow have since forged official ties and exchanged ambassadors and Gorbachev has on two occasions invited John Paul for a visit. The Vatican has said that such a trip could not be made before 1992 and that the Pope was insisting he needed to name Bishops and that he could travel anywhere to see his flock. The latter condition could still present problems because the bulk of soviet catholics live in Lithuania and Latvia the Independence minded Baltic states where catholicism is identified with nationalist feelings. Moscow May fear that a trip by the Pope could stir those passions. The Vatican said roman catholics in byelorussian numbered More than 1.5 million in Russia More than 60,000 and in Kazakhstan around 500,000.Honecker surgery details reported by German paper Many of those catholics arc of polish German Lith Huaian and ukrainian ancestry As a result of a portions in the stalinist Era. Among those appointed saturday was monsignor Kazimierz Swiatek archbishop of the new Minsk Mohi lev archdiocese who was imprisoned for 10 years for the Moscow Post the Pope transferred from Minsk monsignor Tadusz Kond Rusiewicz and promoted him to the rank of archbishop. The Vatican moves were made in the Light of the new soviet Law guaranteeing religious Freedom. Gorbachev pledged during his meeting with John Paul that the Law would be passed. A in saturdays announcement the Vatican pledged to further its dialogue with the russian orthodox Church and other soviet religious communities a so that All christians with reciprocal respect and esteem can contribute to the renewal of moral and spiritual  Berlin apr ousted East German Leader Erich Honecker underwent surgery for a a a dangerous intestinal disease shortly after being whisked to Moscow last month a published report said sunday. Other reports have previously said that Honecker 78, had kidney cancer. He has Long been in ill health. The mass circulation newspaper Bild said Honecker who was clandestinely flown from Germany to Moscow on March 13, was operated on at an air Force Hospital in Moscow a few Days after arriving in the soviet Union. A the operation went Well but Honeck Erv condition is so bad that he is recovering Only very slowly a said Bild which made its report available to other news organizations in Advance of mondays publication. It cited a source in Moscow whom it did not identify by name. Honecker had been in a soviet military Hospital prior to his departure which came As the former communist Leader faced charges by Berlin prosecutors in connection with the shoot to kill orders Given to Border guards in the former East Germany. Officials in Bonn said the soviets gave them just an hours notice before flying Honecker and his wife Margot to Moscow and that it was too late then to prevent the flight. Media reports have said Honecker had threatened to disclose documents incriminating the soviets in the murder of germans if he were brought to  decision on fugitive assailed Madrid Spain up the american embassy has protested to the Spanish foreign ministry about a courts decision not to extradite a convicted drug trafficker to the United states the Spanish news Agency Europa press reported saturday. The report said Spain a main criminal court refused to extradite Victor Espinosa a cuban exile who fled to Spain in 1989 after escaping from a Florida prison where he was serving a 12-year sentence for marijuana smuggling. The court said it wanted assurances that Espinosa would not be returned to Cuba to face treason charges when his . Sentence is completed. Europa press said the court was not satisfied with the . Response on whether Espinosa would be expelled to Spain or any other country that would take him at the expiration of his sentence. The american protest said the courts refusal to extradite Espinosa could jeopardize the extradition agreement Between Spain and the United states. Frogman get ready frogman train in a canal near Tokyo a Laneda International Airport for their Mission of protecting soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev from possible terrorist attack. Gorbachev arrives on tuesday for the Start of a four Day stay his first state visit to Japan