U.S. arms probe
NZPA-Reuter Washington
The United States Government is probing allegations that arms are being smuggled into El Salvador from the United States, according to Customs officials.
The investigation began after the former Ambassador to El Salvador. Robert White, told Congress that wealthy Salvadorean exiles in Miami were sending money and arms to Rightwing ’“death squads” in El Salvador. Assistant Customs Commissioner George "Corcoran told a House qf Representatives committee that customs officials and the Federal Bureau of Investigation opened the probe in Miami last month.
One Customs official in Miami said investigators were trying to determine if exiles in Miami’s rich Salvadorean community had violated the United States Neutrality Act, which bars arms shipments without a licence, or another act which prohibits sending more than $5OOO abroad without reporting the transaction. The customs official recalled that last April the Salvadorean Consul-General in Miami, Ramon Martinez, was arrested with two fellow countrymen on changes of attempting to smuggle 90 carbines and shotguns out of the United States.
They pleaded guilty to a reduced charge, each paid a fine of $33,000 and left the country, the official said.
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