Arson El Salvador

Arsonists on Saturday destroyed the only Salvadoran newspaper that covered the rebel side of the civil war, and the director of the paper blamed the military and the right-wing government. Neighbors said that a government helicopter circled the area before the fire began at the offices of Diario Latino. President Alfredo Cristiani's civilian government issued a statement promising an investigaton and calling the accusations "irresponsible speculation." Military spokesman Col.

Just before dawn on Feb. 9, in the heat of a guerrilla war and an election campaign, arsonists set fire to the offices of El Salvador's only leftist opposition newspaper and crippled its presses. Standing amid the ruins of Diario Latino that day, Editor Francisco Valencia blamed the attack on "the armed forces, the government and their death squads, the same ones who massacre the people and murder priests."

Just before dawn on Feb. 9, in the heat of a guerrilla war and an election campaign, arsonists set fire to the offices of El Salvador's only leftist opposition newspaper and crippled its presses. Standing amid the ruins of Diario Latino that day, Editor Francisco Valencia blamed the attack on "the armed forces, the government and their death squads, the same ones who massacre the people and murder priests."

Arsonists on Saturday destroyed the only Salvadoran newspaper that covered the rebel side of the civil war, and the director of the paper blamed the military and the right-wing government. Neighbors said that a government helicopter circled the area before the fire began at the offices of Diario Latino. President Alfredo Cristiani's civilian government issued a statement promising an investigaton and calling the accusations "irresponsible speculation." Military spokesman Col.