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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle, Monday, November 28, 1983 released, but he has received word from Amnesty International that she is free. Vogler said the ruling military junta was from page one. disgraced by losing the Falklands War. Public support for the government has eroded during points as possible to bear on these people the last year. (Argentinian government)," Firmage said. Toward that end, Firmage corresponded Fearing repercussions from the changing with Sens. Jake Garn and Orrin Hatch and political winds, the junta released political prisoners, of which Liliana was one. The junta Reps. Gunn McKay and Dan Marriott. Page Three prisoner He also wrote to and talked with Patricia Darien, head of the Human Rights' Section of the State Department in the Carter administra- tion. Darien contacted other government officials and the U.S. Embassy in Argentina, which kept a weekly watch on Liliana. Firmage wrote to Edward Careno of the Commission on Human Rights, who in turn put pressure on the Inter-Americ- an Argentinian government. Sen. Ted Kennedy was contacted by former Utah Rep. Wayne Owens. Kennedy asked the State Departmenrto intervene and also wrote to Commission on Human the Rights. Congressman George Miller of California Inter-Americ- an was apprised of the situation and was instrumental in getting Liliana's father released from prison in 1977. Wendy Turnbull of Amnesty International joined the effort by contacting American and Argentinian government officials. Firmage wrote scores of letters and contacted anyone he felt might be useful in securing Liliana Vogler's release. The Vogler case was placed on the agenda of a Human Rights Commission visit to Argentina. Pope John Paul II was informed of the case before he made a journey to Argentina. Firmage wrote directly to President Carter. .It was a frustrating task, and it looked doubtful Liliana would be released from prison before her nine-yesentence expired. But a combination of the pressures applied by the Vogler family, Firmage and others, and a change in Argentinian politics, resulted in Liliana Vogler's release from prison. She served seven years and six months of a nine-ye- ar sentence. Nestor Vogler is not sure when his niece was ar also consented to an election held in November. The powerful Peronist faction, which was expected to win the election, was defeated. A human rights activist, Alfonsin, was elected president. Nestor Vogler thinks the floodgates for human rights in Argentina have been opened. But, he said he is still wary. "The Peronists are powerful. It is hard to know if the new government can succeed." Though she is free, Liliana Vogler's life is not yet free of the incident that tore her family apart. Her father, Guillermo, has lived in Menu Items: California, Utah, Mexico, Nicaragua and now Bolivia since leaving Argentian after being released from prison. It is doubtful he will return to Argentina, Vogler said. Liliana was joined by her mother, Lux. They, are waiting for Liliana's husband (whom she married while in prison) to be released. When it is over, the Voglers hope to survive like thousands of other families victimized by human rights violations in Argentina and a number of other Latin American countries. Nestor Vogler is hopeful human rights in Argentina have made a step forward. But in the volatile world of South American politics, he knows that hope is tenuous at best. 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