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POLITICAL PARTY Of NOTE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AN0 THE CHAIRMAN OFTHE PE RUVIAN ' CONGRESS HUMAN' RIGHTS-COMMIT- TEE HAVE BOTH RECENTLY VISITED TINGO MARIA ON 'FACT FiNOING Ml SS ONS ATTORNEY GENERAL BLANCA NEtiQA COl AN ANNOUNQED ON 27 APRIL THAT SHE WAS DESIGNATING THE TINGO MARIA DISTRICT ATTORNEY AS A SPECIAL PROSEClJTOFfTO INVESTIGATE ALLEGATiONSAGAiNST THE ARMY • 0 b 1 Sec 1 4 b D 'P •F c 'P• b 1 Sec J 4 P BEGINNING OF SECTIC N 002· ' · · · · · · I b 1 S c 1 4 bJ ' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - G E N E R A L L Y SPEAKING# HUMAN RIGHTS NQ 8FW ' W N iGAif - ' pagesa - - I steRtT NefbRN ' tlNl L HAYE IMPROY DSUBS Al JTIALLY OVER ·'THE PASTTW•YEARS IVITH SOME EXC_EPTIONS MOST IMPORTANTLY · _DISAPPEAJ ANQES ND EXTRAJUQICIAL KILLING$ ATTRIBUTED to SECURrTiFORCESHAVE'BEEN DRAMATICALLY REDUCED ACCORD ING TO HVMAN RIGHTs GROUPS OVl R 350 SUCH DISAPPEARANCES OCCURRED IN 1991 THIS WAS REDUCED to JUSTOVER64 IN 1993 IN THE 1980S AND EARLY 90$ WIDESPREAD SUMMARY EXEQUTIONS'OCCUR RED - AND SECURITY 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