These critics stated their belief that the government used the Casolo incident as part of an effort to threaten and discredit the entire foreign religious community in El Salvador. They also expressed their concern that it appeared to them that the U.S. Embassy staff in San Salvador and officials in Washington appeared to have already accepted the Salvadoran military's view that Casolo's guilt was an established fact.
These critics stated their belief that the government used the Casolo incident as part of a campaign to intimidate and discredit the entire foreign religious community in El Salvador. They also expressed concern that it seemed to them that U.S. Embassy staff in San Salvador and officials in Washington had already accepted the Salvadoran military's view that Casolo's guilt was an established fact.