LIMA (IPS): Genaro:
Ledesmu, a founder member ind-leader oi the Workers Peasants", Proble's-Front which won 12 per cent of the vote in the recent Constituent Assembls electious in THEL Argentinn days and polls, has told a local paper that submitted te take ATEH THI.
The FOCEP leader said that the treatment received after he for six and his comrades were arrested WT UCI TATUCUUS "For several days,' he said, *our to Interconti- relations did not know we were, because thes beld us 2XP. All Later, on 24 May, those who MCTELD de chosen. 'So.
Students* La plane waiting for us... "There we exiled the They were physicul ill mistreated.
else - brutally:' going to and abusive.
Everyone/ impunity.
deported were board the plane.
without any previous left-wing warning, we were taken off ui 11 at night in sereral vans to the Grupo Aereo Number 8 (a military aerodrome). There was physical ines Admirals Jose Arce and Guillermo Faura (both retired, foruer ministers ef the Yelasco govermment and members of the leftist PSR)
wearing their dress uniforms to avold being But they mere irealed the same as everyonc *They told us that we were which produced our handest protest.
knew tnat they kidnap and murder left-wing leaders with -So we definitively retused to According to Ledesma the leaders Put resistance: They dragged us into the plane, hitting us, le the most brutal manner.
"Those who pet ap the mest resistance were Ricardo Lelts, Hugo Blanco hud and Ricardo Naupari. Once we were in the plane they tled us to our seuts and treuled us like the •Wearrived in Jujuy at 10 In the morning.. The treatment they gave as in Peru seemed almost geatle compared with what we got in Argentina..
"In Jujuy a detachment of the Argentinian army was waiting for us. Before putting in in lorries their officer told os that:
on consider yourselres prisoners of wur.
'We were held incommunicado in Jujuy and under heary guerd. Then they handed. us over to the police who took us lo Buenos Aices. There they put us in horrible cells such as har neter been seen in Perg.
You could see muny truces of hlood of the prisoners who been murdered unel tortured. Laler we could see nothing hecause they totally cut oftour light. We didn't know if it was night or duy?
Dr Genaro Ledesmu alsa announced that the elected FOCEP members would retarn lo Peru to luke up their seats, without wailing lor government authorisation.
need any authorisation? We have an irevocable mandale. By going back we are ondy carrying out the popular mandale.
The fiest week of July, we will acrive in Lima come what may.
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