[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 25 (Thursday, February 11, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H590]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           CLOSE THE SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS ONCE AND FOR ALL

  (Mr. MOAKLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Madam Speaker, we have a school in the United States 
which teaches Latin American students torture techniques and commando 
skills and costs the citizens of the United States $18 million each and 
every year. The graduates go on to commit some of the worst murders and 
some of the most horrible atrocities in Latin America.
  When I led the team that investigated the Jesuit murders in El 
Salvador, I was horrified to learn that our School of the Americas had 
actually trained the killers. Nineteen out of the 26 killers were 
graduates of the School of the Americas.
  That is not an isolated incident, Madam Speaker. Each time we hear of 
another brutal massacre in Latin America, the School of the Americas 
graduates are involved. In nearly every instance they planned the 
killings, covered up the truth, or even pulled the trigger.
  Today, Madam Speaker, I will file legislation to close the School of 
the Americas once and for all.

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