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==Commission reports== After the Salvadoran Civil War, the [[United Nations Commission on the Truth for El Salvador]] and the [[Inter-American Commission on Human Rights]] stated that D'Aubuisson "gave the order to assassinate the Archbishop" to military officers who also tried to kill judge Atilio Ramírez Amaya "to deter investigation of the case".<ref name="foster"/><ref name="un-ivD1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/file/ElSalvador-Report.pdf |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240531004615/https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/file/ElSalvador-Report.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 May 2024 |title=From madness to hope: the 12-year war in El Salvador|publisher=Truth Commissions Digital Collection: Reports: El Salvador. Provided by United States Institute of Peace|pages=119–130}}</ref><ref name="cidh-merits">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cidh.oas.org/annualrep/99eng/Merits/ElSalvador11.481a.htm |title=El Salvador, 11.481a: Irregularities in the investigation|publisher=Inter-American Commission on Human Rights|access-date=20 August 2008}}</ref> Views of him among contemporary Salvadorans are mixed and often drawn across party lines. ARENA supporters revere him for his right-wing beliefs and steadfast opposition to communism. [[Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front|FMLN]] supporters vilify him for his alleged human rights atrocities and involvement in Archbishop Romero's assassination.<ref name="lacey"/> On January 20, 2007, President [[Antonio Saca]] of the ARENA party paid homage to D'Aubuisson upon the anniversary of his death, promising "to continue the ARENA party, based upon his ideologic legacy." Amid opposition debate, ARENA tried to name D'Aubuisson a "meritorious son of El Salvador", a national honor, but failed due to the efforts of protesting Church leaders and human rights workers.<ref name="lacey">{{Cite news |last=Lacey |first=Marc |date=2007-02-21 |title=4 Salvadorans Killed in Way That Evokes '80s Conflict |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/21/world/americas/21salvador.html |access-date=2023-11-30 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> He was known as "Chele" (light-skinned face) and was alleged to have been a leader of anti-communist [[death squad]]s that were alleged to have [[torture]]d and killed thousands of civilians before and during the [[Salvadoran Civil War]]. To political prisoners he was known as "Blowtorch Bob", due to his frequent use of a [[blowtorch]] in interrogation sessions.<ref name="foster">Shawn Foster. "Window to honor slain church workers: window will stand in memory of assassinations," ''The Salt Lake Tribune'' (UT), 22 April 1995, Religion section, D1.</ref><ref name="nohero">Editorial. "No hero for El Salvador ...," ''The Salt Lake Tribune'' (UT), 24 February 1992, A10.</ref><!-- rm dead link to Americas.org --><ref name="armshaw">{{Cite web |title=Trial of Salvadoran generals opens in Florida |url=http://natcath.org/NCR_Online/archives2/2000d/102000/102000i.htm |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=natcath.org |first=Marianne |last=Armshaw}}</ref> In 1986, ex-U.S. ambassador [[Robert White (ambassador)|Robert White]] reported to the [[United States Congress]] that "there was sufficient evidence" to convict D'Aubuisson of planning and ordering Archbishop Romero's assassination, describing D'Aubuisson as a pathological killer, as early as his 1984 Salvadoran presidential run.<ref name="nordland">Rod Nordland. "How 2 rose to vie for El Salvador's presidency," ''Philadelphia Inquirer'', 23 March 1984, A1.</ref> In April 2010, Alvaro Saravia, a former army captain who had admitted taking part in Romero's murder, testified in an interview with the Salvadoran newspaper ''El Faro'' that D'Aubuisson had given the order to proceed with the killing of the archbishop.<ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Connor |first=Anne-Marie |date=2010-04-06 |title=Participant in 1980 assassination of Romero in El Salvador provides new details |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |language=en-US |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/05/AR2010040503234.html |access-date=2023-11-30 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> The report of the U.N. truth commission in El Salvador following the Salvadoran Civil War found that D'Aubuisson was arrested on a farm following the assassination of the archbishop, along with weapons and documents tied to the assassination.
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