Carlos Mauricio
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Carlos Mauricio was a professor of biology at the University of El Savador until his extrajudicial kidnapping by Salvadoran death squads in June of 1983. He was tortured by the military under the command of then Minister of Defense, General Vides Casanova. On his release he fled to the U.S. where his first job was as a dishwasher. He learned English, and earned a Certificate in Molecular Genetics, a teaching credential and an MA in Adult Education. In 2002, supported by the Center for Justice and accountability (www.cja.org) he won a lawsuit against General Vides Casanova for his command responsibility in his kidnapping and torture. He was awarded significant punitive and compensatory damages. Since the trial he has been devoting more and more of his time to human rights advocacy and is closely affiliated with School of the Americas Watch (www.soaw.org). In March 2006, he was part of a delegation to Bolivia, Uruguay and Argentina. The delegation, headed by Father Roy Bourgois, successfully persuaded both Uruguay and Argentina's Ministers of Defense to commit to stop sending troops to the School of the Americas (aka Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation). As of April 2006, President Evo Morales of Bolivia has yet to make the same commitment, but is currently considering it.
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