U.S. Delegation to El Salvador to Meet With Government Officials Regarding Gilberto Soto Investigation
November 29, 2004
(Washington, D.C.) – A 10-person delegation will travel to San Salvador, El Salvador on Tuesday, November 30, to meet with Salvadoran government representatives to discuss the ongoing investigation into the murder of Teamster Representative Gilberto Soto on Nov. 5, in Usulután. Congresswoman Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.) will join the delegation that will meet with the Salvadoran Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Governance, Minister of Labor, Director of the National Civilian Police (PNC) and the Ambassador of El Salvador to the U.S. on Tuesday, Nov. 30. Sánchez was one of 72 members of Congress to sign the attached Nov. 23 letter to Secretary of State Colin Powell authored by Congressmen James P. McGovern (D-Mass.) and Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) asking him to ensure that sufficient U.S. resources and personnel be made available to the Salvadoran government to aid in the investigation of Mr. Soto’s murder. The delegation, comprised of Sánchez and union officials, will then travel to Soto’s hometown of Usulután to meet with his family. There, the delegation will meet with the mayor of Usulután and human rights representatives. Delegation to El Salvador Members: Congresswoman Linda Sanchez, (D-Calif.) Ron Carver, Assistant Director, Port Division, International Brotherhood of Teamsters Fr. Mark Hallinan, SJ, Director of Social Ministries, NY Province, Society of Jesus Charles Kernaghan, Director, National Labor Committee Barbara Briggs, Senior Associate, National Labor Committee Sergio Chávez, El Salvador Representative, National Labor Committee Stan Gacek, Assistant Director, International Affairs Department, AFL-CIO Zoveida Serrano-Jenkins, Central America Field Representative, AFL-CIO Gabriel Mocho, Regional Education Coordinator, ITF Americas Members of Congress that signed the McGovern/Grijalva letter by state:
U.S. Delegation to El Salvador to Meet With Government Officials Regarding Gilberto Soto Investigation
Congresswoman Linda Sanchez to Join Union Officers in Delegation
AlabamaRep. Artur Davis
MichiganRep. Sander LevinRep. Dale KildeeRep. Carolyn Kilpatrick
TennesseeRep. Bart GordonRep. Jim Cooper
ArizonaRep. Raúl Grijalva
MinnesotaRep. Betty McCollumRep. Jim Oberstar
TexasRep. Max Sandlin
CaliforniaRep. Xavier BacerraRep. Howard BermanRep. Sam FarrRep. Bob FilnerRep. Mike HondaRep. Barbara LeeRep. George MillerRep. Linda SánchezRep. Hilda SolisRep. Pete StarkRep. Ellen TauscherRep. Maxine WaltersRep. Lynn Woolsey
New JerseyRep. Rob AndrewsRep. Mike FergusonRep. Rush HoltRep. Frank LoBiondoRep. Robert MenendezRep. Frank PalloneRep. Donald PayneRep. Steve RothmanRep. Chris SmithRep. Jim Saxton
VermontRep. Bernie Sanders
ConnecticutRep. Rosa DeLauroRep. Chris ShaysRep. Rob Simmons
North CarolinaRep. David Price
VirginiaRep. Rick Boucher
GeorgiaRep. John Lewis
OhioRep. Dennis KucinichRep. Marcy KapturRep. Sherrod BrownRep. Tim Ryan
WashingtonRep. Jim McDermott
HawaiiRep. Neil Abercrombie
OregonRep. Peter DeFazio
WisconsinRep. Tammy Baldwin
IllinoisRep. Jerry CostelloRep. Lane EvansRep. Luis GutierrezRep. Jan Schakowsky
PennsylvaniaRep. Phil EnglishRep. Mike DoyleRep. Tim Murphy
MassachusettsRep. Mike CapuanoRep. Bill DelahuntRep. Barney FrankRep. Stephen LynchRep. James McGovernRep. Michael MichaudRep. John Tierney
Rhode IslandRep. Patrick Kennedy