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"Lopes da Cruz replied: "Yes, Eurico Guterres must he arrested and sentenced. He and all the
others who commit acts of violence, whatever side they happen to be on.""
"Bishop Nascimento expressed serious concern about the situation in the Viqueque district on the south-east coast, the
birthplace of Eurico Guterres, leader of the Aitarak militia whose members joined a murderous rampage through Dili last
month."
"In February-March, one hundred anti-independence Timorese spent a month in Jakarta, staying in 5-star hotels.
Two militia leaders, Cancio Lopes and Eurico Guterres, were received by President Habibie and senior ABRI officials
(The South China Morning, 17.2.99)."
"Paramilitary leader Eurico Guterres has called upon
the people of East Timor to co-operate with militia forces to - quote - "completely eradicate the pro-independence
terrorists.""
"A statement dated 25 February 1999 and signed by two pro-Jakarta gang leaders, Cancio Lopes de Carvalho and Eurico
Guterres, threatened with assassination Australian diplomats, politicians, journalists and humanitarian workers,
prompting the small foreign community in East Timor to flee."
"Aitarak. This gang operates around Dili under the leadership of Eurico Guterres."
"Eurico Guterres, another ‘commander’, was inciting the masses and the militia to arrest, to kill, and to burn the properties of the
opponents of integration. He said: "As from today I order all the militia pro-integration to wipe out all the traitors of integration. Capture
them, kill them. I will take the responsibility.""
"Mr Guterres put things more forcefully. In a statement issued this week, he called on people to "destroy the disturbers of integration
[with Indonesia] to their very roots"."