On the Record

Last Crossing SAN CLEMENTE, California. Hun- dreds of illegal immigrants coming north from Mexico have been killed or in- jured in the past four years as they try to run across highways in an effort to avoid capture by immigration agents. Since 1987, when the state first be- gan keeping records on the problem, at least 227 people have been struck by traffic; 127 of them have been killed. Alarmed by the rising toll, California highway authorities are scrambling to find ways to reduce the casualties…. New York Times January 4, 1991 CIA Fantasies Castro Dead of Heart Attack! Fidel’s Double is Running Cuba! Headline Weekly World News July 9, 1991 Guatemalan Solution “You needn’t kill everyone to com- plete the job….We instituted Civil Af- fairs [in 1982] which provides develop- ment for 70% of the population, while we kill 30%.” Former Guatemalan Defense Minister Gen. H6ctor Alejandro Gramajo quoted in Harvard International Review Spring 1991 Tit for Tat When the United States cut off mili- tary aid to this country three months ago because of human rights abuses, the Guatemalan government responded by issuing a travel advisory for Guate- malans planning visits to Miami, New York, and Los Angeles. Foreign Minister Alvaro Arzd warned Guatemalans that it was dan- gerous to visit U.S. cities because the U.S. government couldn’t get a handle on crime. Christian Science Monitor April 1, 1991 “Pinochecks” Dictators’ offspring often disappoint their parents. A congressional commit- tee has been inquiring into why Augusto Pinochet junior, who calls himself an international arms adviser, received checks worth nearly $3 million from the army, apparently for his share in a rifle factory. Mr. Pinochet junior, asked if he used his father’s name to get busi- ness, replied: “One does not invoke the name of God.” The Economist January 26, 1991 “Pinochitos” [In Peru, the water cannons used by police] are known as pinochitos, after the Chileans’ ousted dictator. The Economist June 22-28, 1991 How About the Cristianis? Right now [former “Dallas” star Larry] Hagman is more interested in his new house in Ojai. Eagerly he shows a visitor the master bedroom, with its three walls of glass. “That’s my little closet,” he says. “Hell, it could house a family of Salvadorans for five years.” People Magazine May 6, 1991