816.00/1246: Telegram
The Ambassador in El Salvador (Thurston) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 10 (11?)—10:10 p.m.]
111. The Minister for Foreign Affairs17 called at the Embassy this afternoon during a meeting of the Diplomatic Corps, to inform me that after due trial by court with adequate legal defense, 10 officers (including Calvo) had been executed this morning. Death sentences have been pronounced upon 9 officers and 6 civilians still at large.
[Page 1093]The courts are still in session and further executions probably will follow. No civilians have been executed thus far but it is probable that some will be.
Speaking for the Diplomatic Corps, I again urged a policy of clemency.
- Arturo Ramón Avila.↩