Tag Archives: Eloy Velasco

09
Aug
Historical Memory, Politics

Salvadoran Military Officials Facing Possible Extradition for Murder of Jesuits

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Diario Digital Contrapunto Reports: Military Leaders of the Civil War in Jail August 8th, 2011 By Hugo Sanchez / Gerardo Arbaiza SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador woke this morning shocked after learning that the military leaders who led the army for much of the civil war (1980-1992), are imprisoned in a military facility which before and […]

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14
Jun
Historical Memory

Spanish Judge Indicts Salvadoran ex-soldiers for Murders of Jesuits

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By the Catholic News Service June 01, 2011   MADRID — Spain’s National Court has invoked a special law to order the arrest and trial of 20 former Salvadoran military officers for the 1989 murder of six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter. Five of the six Jesuits were naturalized Salvadorans of Spanish birth. […]

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