Tribute to Gilberto Soto
November 9, 2010
Six years ago, Teamster Port Division Representative and former leader of Local 11 in New Jersey Gilberto Soto was killed in his native El Salvador. The Teamsters had offered a reward and hired investigators to bring those who ordered the killing to justice. Gilberto was in the process of building relations with port driver unions in Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador at the time of his killing. This week, the Teamsters placed a memorial announcement in a major daily newspaper expressing our ongoing demand for justice and support for democracy in El Salvador.