CIA collaborator indicted for murder
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8 SOCIALIST ACTION APRIL1990 A Costa Rican court has "provisionally" charged CIA collaborator and contra supporter John Hull with aggravated and attempted murder. The charges, initiated by the Fourth Court of Instruction in San José, Costa Rica, stem from Hull's alleged role in the 1984 bombing of a La Penca, Nicaragua press conference called by contra leader Edén Pastora.
Three journalists were killed in the bombing and several others wounded, including Tony Avirgan, whose Christic Institutesponsored lawsuit against Hull and 28 other Contragate defendants is expected to be resolved this summer when a U.S. appeals court releases its decision.
Hull was originally arrested on Jan. 13, 1989, by Costa Rican authorities and charged with "hostile acts" for violating Costa Rica's neutrality by supporting the Nicaraguan contras. Released on $37,500 bail, he fled the country and is now a fugitive in his hometown of Vincennes, Ind.
Costa Rica's Foreign Ministry is preparing documentation to seek Hull's extradition. Although Hull holds dual citizenship, his attorneys are counting on U.S. courts to preJohn Hull vent his extradition.
The murder charges filed against Hull stem from a January report filed by Costa Rican prosecutor Jorge Chavarría which confirm key charges against Hull and 28 other defendants in the historic Christic Institute lawsuit filed under the Racketeering and Corrupt Influence Organization act (RICO) in 1986.
Tony Avirgan will be speaking in the San Francisco Bay Area during the last week of April. He will be joined by co-plaintiff and Christic Institute chief counsel Daniel Sheehan and by the Institute's Western Thornhill Dr., Oakland. April 26, 7:30 p.m., First Unitarian Church, 1187 Franklin St. at Geary, San Francisco.
• Daniel Sheehan: April 26 and 27, San Francisco: Glide Foundation-sponsored conference. Phone (415) 653-8576 for information.
• Rev. Bill Davis: April 27, 6:00 p.m. Panelist at Whole Life Expo, Room 2. Phone: (415) 333-4373 for information.
For information about special receptions for Avirgan, Sheehan, and Davis call The Christic Institute at (415) 788-0475 or write to the Institute's Washington, D.C., office at: 1324 North Capitol Street N.W., Washington D.C. 20002.