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Pursuit of Justice for Wartime Atrocities in Latin America
2024-11-20 05:40:09
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Pursuit of Justice for Wartime Atrocities in Latin America

El Salvador has reopened the trial for the 1989 massacre of six Jesuit priests and two women, with former President Alfredo Cristiani and other officials facing charges. This case seeks accountability for a crime committed during a brutal civil war, which claimed over 70,000 lives.

Spanish courts had previously convicted a former Salvadoran colonel for his role in the massacre. Meanwhile, in Guatemala, the trial of former military chief Manuel Benedicto Lucas García for genocide against the Ixil people is underway, with prosecutors seeking a 2,860-year sentence.

These trials represent significant steps towards justice for historical human rights violations in Central America, providing a glimmer of hope for the victims and their families, while challenging entrenched impunity in the region.

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The Guardian
19. November 2024 um 19:29

El Salvador ex-president among 11 to face trial for 1989 murder of Jesuits

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Former Salvadoran president, congressman, and military officials to face trial for 1989 murder of Jesuit priests, housekeeper, and daughter during 12-year civil war between government and Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front guerrillas, resulting in 75,000 deaths; atrocity helped push US to end support for Salvadoran military regime and derail peace talks.
EL PAÍS
19. November 2024 um 19:45

The judge charges the Chilpancingo police chief for the murder of Mayor Alejandro Arcos

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EL PAÍS
20. November 2024 um 04:30

The Ellacuría Case: El Salvador Reopens the Trial Against the Accused for the 1989 Massacre of Jesuits

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A ray of hope has opened up in El Salvador to establish responsibility for the massacre of six Jesuit priests and two women in 1989 on the grounds of the Central American University (UCA). A judge in San Salvador has ordered 11 accused of being the intellectual authors of that crime committed in the midst of the civil war, including former president Alfredo Cristiani, against whom complaints have already been filed linking him to the massacre, among whose victims is the Spanish theologian Igna..
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