El Salvador’s right-wing government said Monday that officials are receiving death threats from radical leftists and that groups linked to the main opposition FMLN are preparing militants for armed combat. Interior Minister Rene Figueroa told a press conference that some of his subordinates, and even members of their families, have been threatened in recent days. He said the threats are at least partly connected with the ongoing investigation into the shooting deaths of two police officers during a July 5 protest by FMLN-linked grassroots groups near the capital campus of the University of El Salvador. Full Story