Death squads (Topical Term)

Work cat.: Amnesty International. El Salvador, 1988: t.p. (Death squads) p. 1 (Uniformed and plainclothes death squads (clandestine paramilitary groups) which carry out torture, "disappearances," and extrajudicial executions)

Ó Maoláin, C. Latin American political movements, 1985 (Death squad, escuadrón de la muerte, equadrão da morte; active in Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala)

Degenhardt, H.W. Political dissent, 1983 (Death squad, death squads; refers to activity in Brazil, Guatemala, Colombia; Esquadrão da morte, escuadrón de la muerte, escuadrones de la muerte)

Random House (Death squad=any of various groups of assassins, esp. in Central America, whose members murder political dissidents, petty criminals, etc. usually with the tacit approval of the govt.)

Hennepin (Death squads=Here are entered materials on "unofficial vigilante groups in Latin America whose members murder petty criminals, suspected leftists, etc.")

Britannica Macro.; Britannica Micro.; Americana; Collier's; NYT index, 1980-1984; Wash. Post index, 1978-1988; Web. 3; IAC; UNBIS

Here are entered works on uniformed or plainclothes clandestine groups whose members carry out torture, "disappearances," and extrajudicial executions of political dissidents, petty criminals, etc., usually with tacit government approval.