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May25,1995 | ByChicagoTribune

SANSALVADOR,ElSalvadorThenameisalmostcomicallysinister,andSalvadoransarequicktosharesome
gallowshumorover"TheBlackShadow."

Butwhenthelaughingstops,peoplewhohavesufferedthroughdeathsquadterrorandcivilwaracknowledgethat
there'ssomethingunsettlingaboutthisvigilantegroupcalledLaSombraNegra.

Aboutthreedozenmurders,mostcommittedagainstsuspectedcriminals,havebeenattributedtoTheBlackShadow's
"socialcleansing"sincethegroupbecameknowninlateFebruary.

Cominginthewakeofseveralunresolvedpoliticalassassinations,thedeathsarecontributingtoarenewedclimateof
fearinElSalvador.Andtheyraisethespecterofanewroundofparamilitaryviolenceinanationachingtomove
beyondbloodshed.

"Thefundamentalpointisimpunity,andthathasnotbeeneliminated,"saidCeliaMedranoofthenongovernmental
RelatedArticles HumanRights CommissionofElSalvador."Thedeathsquadsarestillactive."

PoliticalspaceforElSalvador TheSalvadorangovernment andthejustdepartedUnitedNationsobservermissioncontendthatsuchslayingsare

January20,1992 mereremnantsofthe12yearsofwarthatendedinFebruary1992,alegacythatwillnotobstructtheCentralAmerican
MarylanderstakeaidtoElSalvador nation'smanageablepathtopeaceandprosperity.
March28,1993
UnderthepeaceaccordsworkedoutbytheUnitedNations,formerarmysoldiersandexFMLNrebelsmakeuptwo
ColonelguiltyinmassacreSalvadoranjuryacquits fifthsofthenewpolice,whiletherestarecivilians.
most...
September30,1991 Buttrainingthenewofficershasbeenslowanddifficult,andtheforceisunderstaffedandoutgunnedbyagrowing
criminalclass.
CentralAmericanleadersfeareconomicbacklash
fromU.S... EnterTheBlackShadow.
November28,1994
Claimingthatpoliceandthecourtsaretoocorruptortooweaktodotheirduty,thevigilantegrouphastakenaimat
Aidcankeepwouldbeimmigrantsathome streetcriminals,particularlygangmembers,andhasthreatenedtoexecutesixjudges.Oneofthosejusticestriedto
May2,2006 resignbuthisattemptwasrejectedbythesupremecourtallsixnowdemandprotection.

Thedeaththreatsweresentdirectlytotheofficesofeachofthesixjudges,raisingspeculationthatBlackShadow
FindMoreStoriesAbout membershaveagovernmentalconnection.Thegroupalsobraggedthatithas"sharpshootersandbombexpertsfrom
specialforces."
ElSalvador WhathumanrightsadvocateslikeMs.Medranofearmost,however,isthatTheBlackShadowwillconvince
SanSalvador Salvadoransthattherecanbenosecuritywithoutastrongmilitaryorsecretpolice.

Ms.MedranobelievesthattheBlackShadow,andgroupslikeit,presentthegreatestthreattothepeaceaccords
Vigilante
becausetheyunderminethelegal,democraticinstitutionsthatmediatorsworkedsohardtocreate.

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