US Asylum to Wanted Salvadorean Decried
San Salvador - Several Salvadorean
sectors rejected on Friday the US decision
to grant political asylum to former Deputy
Roberto Carlos Silva, accused of money
laundry and of killing three legislators of
the Central American Parliament and their
driver.
"Silva is not a politically persecuted
person, but a criminal," said Acting
Attorney General Astor Escalante, who
recalled that the former legislator is
facing here a trial for money laundry and
bribing.
He is also wanted in Guatemala for his
alleged involvement in the killing of
Salvadorean legislators of the Central
American Parliament (PARLACEN) Eduardo D'
Aubisson, William Pichinte and Ramon
Gonzalez, as well as driver Gerardo Ramirez.
The US authorities have yet to notify
officially their peers in El Salvador about
their decision of granting asylum to Silva,
but they sent a notice through the embassy,
said Escalante.
From the arrival of the confirmation, the
Attorney General's Office will have 30 days
to appeal the ruling.
"As relatives and people, we lament this
decision because he is not a politically
persecuted person, but a criminal," said
legislator Roberto D' Aubisson, the brother
of one of the PARLACEN legislators killed in
Guatemala.
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