Herbert Sanabria

"... rebel radio declared. Guerrilla leaders were clearly pleased with the outcome of the meeting. Their last talks with the government fell apart after the murder of human rights leader Herbert Anaya Sanabria in October 1987. “The parties have opened the possibility of a national consensus,” rebel commander Jorge Handal told a news conference after the meeting at a resort complex in this ..."

"... killing a leading human rights official here three months ago. Mr. Duarte said yesterday that a captured guerrilla had confessed that he had helped kill the human rights official, Herbert Anaya Sanabria. The president said Jorge Alberto Miranda Arevalo had told the authorities that the rebels suspected Mr. Anaya of being a government spy and wanted the government blamed for the killing. There was no way for reporters to confirm Mr. assertion independently. The captured guerrilla who reportedly confessed ..."

"... Protest action continues in San Salvador Associated Press SAN SALVADOR. El Salvador Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of the capital again Wednesday to protest the slaying of Herbert Anaya Sanabria, president of the Human Rights Commission. Demonstrators have destroyed five vehicles since Monday, when two gunmen shot and killed Anaya, 32, outside his San Salvador home. Two garbage trucks and a government utility vehicle were bashed and set on fire early Wednesday, police said. No one has claimed responsibility for ..."

"... the government threatened Tuesday to break off peace talks because ot the killing of one of the country's most outspoken human rights crusaders. Western diplomats sald the slaying of Herbert Anaya Sanabria, head of the country's nongovernmental Commission on Human Rights, appeared to be an attempt to silence the left and sabotage the regional peace accord signed ln August. (In Washington, the ..."