. . "Many of those persons have been the subject of serious personal threats, [13] others, especially priests and laymen who cooperate with the Church in works connected with the defense of human rights have been kidnapped and attacked, [14] some have suffered bomb attacks [15], and have even been murdered, as happened to Mr. Jose Manuel Parada Maluenda, an official of the Vicar??a de la Solidaridad." . . .