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“Assassination of a Saint”: Salvadoran Archbishop Óscar Romero Is Canonized as Murder Remains Unsolved
Democracy Now
October 15, 2018
As Pope Francis names Salvadoran Archbishop Óscar Romero a saint, we continue our interview with Matt Eisenbrandt, a human rights lawyer and the author of “Assassination of a Saint: The Plot to Murder Óscar Romero and the Quest to Bring His Killers to Justice.”

 

“How we killed Archbishop Romero”
by Carlos Dada, El Faro
March 25, 2010
Reduced to ignominy, Alvaro Saravia–an architect of the assassination of Archbishop Romero–has been a pizza delivery man, a used car salesman and a drug money launderer. Now he is burning in the hell he helped create during a time when killing “communists” was a sport.

 

Pope Francis recognises El Salvador’s slain Archbishop Oscar Romero as martyr and opens the way for beatification
by Andrew Buncombe, The Independent
February 4th, 2015
CJA’s case against one of Archbishop Romero’s killers is highlighted as Pope Francis recognizes Archbishop Romero’s martyrdom.

 

New winds of justice for El Salvador
The Tidings
October 1st, 2004

“For me personally, the verdict provided a strong sense of healing and closure. For almost 25 years, I had carried a bag of heavy rocks with me everywhere I went. The day that I testified, I left that bag of rocks with the U.S. justice system…”

 

US court orders man behind death-squad killing of El Salvador’s archbishop to pay $10m in damages
Independent Co UK
September 5th, 2004

Almost 25 years after El Salvador’s Archbishop Oscar Romero was shot with a single bullet in the heart as he said Mass, a court in the United States has found someone responsible for his murder…

 

Ex-Salvadoran officer ruled liable in killing of archbishop in 1980
San Francisco Chronicle
September 4th, 2004

A federal judge in Fresno ruled Friday that a former Salvadoran air force captain is liable for $10 million in compensatory and punitive damages for his involvement in the assassination almost a quarter century ago of El Salvador’s Roman Catholic archbishop, Oscar Arnulfo Romero…

 

Man Is Found Liable in Killing of Salvadoran Archbishop
The New York Times/Associated Press
September 4th, 2004

A federal judge found a retired Salvadoran air force captain liable on Friday in the 1980 killing of Archbishop Óscar Romero and ordered him to pay $2.5 million in compensatory damages and $7.5 million in punitive damages…

 

$10m for an archbishop’s murder
News.Scotsman.com
September 4th, 2004

The family of an archbishop assassinated while celebrating Mass in El Salvador has won $10m (£5.4m) damages from a retired air force captain who ordered his murder 24 years ago…

 

Justice Comes for the Archbishop
New York Times
August 31st, 2004

Nearly 25 years after Archbishop Óscar Romero was assassinated while celebrating Mass in San Salvador, a chance for justice has finally appeared.

 

Fresno suit hearing recalls Salvadoran cleric’s slaying in ’80
San Francisco Chronicle
August 25th, 2004

The brazen murder of El Salvador’s Roman Catholic Archbishop, Oscar Arnulfo Romero, was vividly recalled Tuesday at an unusual hearing in a Fresno courtroom…

 

The Archbishop, the death squad and the 24-year wait for justice
Independent UK
August 24th, 2004

It was the crime that broke El Salvador’s heart. A good man was murdered in broad daylight, yet no attempt was made to bring his assassin to justice. Until today…

 

El Salvador Slaying Case to Open in Fresno
Los Angeles Times
August 24th, 2004

Relative of Archbishop Oscar Romero sues over his 1980 death. But the suspect is missing…

 

Suit Filed in ’80 Death Of Salvadoran Bishop
The Washington Post
September 17th, 2003

A San Francisco-based human rights group filed a landmark lawsuit yesterday in the case of slain Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, accusing a former Salvadoran Air Force officer of involvement in the 1980 assassination of the revered Roman Catholic leader…

 

Modesto man accused in ’80 slaying of bishop
San Francisco Chronicle
September 17th, 2003

A Modesto resident was accused in a lawsuit Tuesday of playing a key role in the 1980 assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero, an outspoken critic of human rights abuses in El Salvador…

 

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Judge finds Modesto man liable for 1980 Assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, Orders him to pay $10 million in damages
September 3rd, 2004