Unionist Gilberto Soto AssassinatedGilberto Soto, a long time Teamster organizer, was assassinated in El Salvador November 5. Read the NLC Alerts, letters, and articles that have appeared in the press. View pictures of his home where he was shot. Download the model letter to send to Secretary of State Colin Powell. Please don't let Gilberto's death be in vain!
NLC Alerts:
11/9/2004: U.S. Unionist Assassinated in El Salvador (revised 11/19/2004)
11/10/2004: Update on Responses to Assassination
Report:
Maersk Drivers Face Repression and Abuse in El Salvador
Letters and Statements:
72 Members of US Congress Sign Letter to Colin Powell 11/23/2004
Statement by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney 11/18/2004
Reponse to Congressman McGovern from the U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador 11/12/2004
ICFTU-ORIT letter to Attorney General of El Salvador 11/10/2004 (.doc)
Massachusetts Congressman James P McGovern letter 11/9/2004 (.jpg)
Teamster President James Hoffa letter to Colin Powell 11/9/2004 (.jpg)
NLC Letter to Secretary of State Colin Powell 11/9/2004 (.doc)
Press:
Diario de Hoy, 11/12/2004: "Government Denies Political Motive for Homicide"
AP, 11/10/2004: "Hoffa Seeks Probe of Teamster Killing"
Diario Co-Latino, 11/10/2004: "Investigation Asked for in Death of Union Leader" (.jpg)
This is the only article to appear in the Salvadoran press to date. Read an English translation.
