Romney’s Death Squad Ties: Bain Launched with Funds from Oligarchs Behind Salvadoran Murders

Amy Goodman
Democracy Now! / Video Report
Published: Friday 10 August 2012
“Some investors had extensive ties to the death squads responsible for the vast majority of the tens of thousands of deaths in El Salvador during the 1980s.”

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is facing new scrutiny over revelations he founded the private equity firm Bain Capital with investments from Central American elites linked to death squads in El Salvador. After initially struggling to find investors, Romney traveled to Miami in 1983 to win pledges of $9 million, 40 percent of Bain's start-up money. Some investors had extensive ties to the death squads responsible for the vast majority of the tens of thousands of deaths in El Salvador during the 1980s. We're joined by Huffington Post reporter Ryan Grim, who connects the dots in his latest story, "Mitt Romney Started Bain Capital With Money From Families Tied To Death Squads." "There's no possible way that anybody in 1984 could check out these families -- which was the term that [Romney's campaign] used -- and come away convinced that this money was clean," Grim says.



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Amy Goodman is the host of "Democracy Now!," a daily international TV/radio news hour airing on more than 900 stations in North America. She is the author of "Breaking the Sound Barrier," recently released in paperback and now a New York Times best-seller.

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5 comments on "Romney’s Death Squad Ties: Bain Launched with Funds from Oligarchs Behind Salvadoran Murders"

Curtis Smay

August 14, 2012 8:17am

This is also the story of the great republican gun runner , Ronald Reagan selling guns to these death squads in this story Republicans are not a choice for elections , they are a big mistake if you value your life.

Btrwy

August 12, 2012 6:58am

No price too great for the pleasure of romney. Imagine what he could do from the White House. romney/ryan, the terror ticket.

Rich Nau

August 10, 2012 5:06pm

This needs to be fully documented. Although the statute of limitations may have run on money laundering, if proven, it could be a game changer; if not proven, it will look like a desperate attempt at mud slinging

BozoAdult

August 11, 2012 4:59am

It would only "look like a desperate attempt at mud slinging" because the media is completely controlled by the political right. Every media story is framed by the political right. That is why the nation is in such a fucked up state.

BozoAdult

August 10, 2012 1:40pm

This doesn't surprise me in the least.