The World - News from April 21, 1989

Salvadoran soldiers and police arrested more than 100 people in raids on a leftist union federation, a refugee organization and a women’s association, group leaders said. Military authorities said 72 people were arrested and 20 of those were released. The raids followed the assassination of Atty. Gen. Roberto Garcia Alvarado, who was killed by a bomb placed atop his vehicle. Military spokesmen said the military had information linking the groups to leftist guerrillas, but a union official said the raids were part of “an escalation of repression by the armed forces and Arena,” the rightist party whose candidate won last month’s presidential election.