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FMLN El Salvador

El Salvador: The Canadian government ordered that Jose Figueroa, a native of El Salvador, be deported after he was declared inadmissible to the country because of his association to a group that was once considered a radical organization. The group has since become El Salvador's democratically-elected government, according to CTV. However,the FMLN is not on Canadas list of terrorist organizations and A failed asylum seeker whos been in Canada for 16 years is seeking refuge in a British Columbia church after a warrant was issued for his arrest. Figueroa, a father of three, has admitted to once being a student recruiter for the Farabundo Mart National Liberation FMLN a group that resisted the former U.S.-backed military dictatorship in El Salvador -- before coming to Canada with his wife as a refugee claimant. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.