10 year anniversary of impunity in Gilberto Soto's murder

Several people concerned with human rights took out an ads in Salvadoran newspapers calling on Attorney General Luis Martinez to investigate the murder of Teamsters Port Division Representative Gilberto Soto. Soto, a US citizen, was investigating the conditions of workers rights in El Salvador when he was assassinated in Usulutan ten years ago,

For the sake of Gilberto Soto’s children; for the sake of the workers of El Salvador; for the sake of the soul of your nation; we request that you reopen this and other emblematic human rights cases. We urge you to work cooperatively with the PDDH and independent human rights organizations to identify those who ordered these crimes and those who covered them up.

Like many murders in El Salvador, it's hard to determine who killed Soto. However, El Salvador’s Human Rights Ombudsman (PDDH) and the Human Rights Institute (IDHUCA) at the UCA compiled enough evidence to indicate that the authorities' version of the events did not hold water and that there seems to have been forces at work obstructing a serious investigation and ensuring a cover-up.