by his own ERP comrades-in-arms, four days before his 40th birthday. His execution was ordered by the ERP leadership, which accused him of insubordination and of working for the United States' Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). It was subsequently determined that the accusations were false, and that his execution was a tragic error. The whereabouts of his remains are still unknown.
This week, the poet's sons, filmmaker Jorge Dalton and journalist Juan José Dalton, called on Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes to fire Jorge Meléndez, the director of Civil Protection in the Ministry of the Interior, whom they allege to be one of their father's killers.
from Inter Press Service News Agency: Tribute to Late Poet Marred by Sons' Accusations
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