Dear Friends of MASCP,
Our MASCP/US El Salvador Sister Cities delegation has just returned from El Salvador.
One of our delegates writes:
"We've just gotten back from an intense and sobering delegation to Arcatao. We were able to see the reality that our Sisters and Brothers in Arcatao face under Salvadoran President Bukele's administration.
Young people between the ages of 16-30 are being arrested without cause and put in prison without warrants, access to a lawyer, or any other civil liberties. The Town Council of Arcatao asked us very clearly to share what is happening there.
During the civil war (1980-1992) our mission was to tell the people of Arcatao's story and they've asked that we tell it again now. Repression has started in the form of new soldier posts in the town. Not only are the soldiers there but they are beating people in the streets when questioning them. Students on the way home from school have been stripped naked and searched. Many families have lost family members who are now imprisoned without justification.
We met with the Youth Council and very few people in the 16-30-year-old age range are left in our sister city. They have either migrated to Honduras or the US. This is the video that the youth of Arcatao created and asked us to share.
Having heard family members themselves mourn their missing sons, we are renewed as an organization, realizing the importance of our solidarity. If there were ever a time to get involved and/or donate this is it. We invite you to come and hear our delegates at a brief presentation on July 10."
