Two former generals have been found guilty by a US court of ignoring acts of brutality and torture in El Salvador 20 years ago.
Honduran Linked to Killings, Suit Says
- July 22, 2002
A senior Honduran military officer who lived freely in Miami until his April arrest on immigration violations is responsible for the torture, killings and disappearances of Honduran civilians, alleges a lawsuit filed by two torture victims.
Pilsen Mom Testifies in Salvadoran Torture Case
- July 11, 2002
A Chicago woman took the stand in federal court Wednesday and faced the two retired Salvadoran generals she holds responsible for her torture in El Salvador more than two decades ago.
Ex-Envoy Faults Salvadoran Army Over Torture
- June 26, 2002
Testifying in a civil suit brought by three Salvadorans who accuse their country’s military of torturing them two decades ago, a former U.S. ambassador to El Salvador said Tuesday that the failure of military leaders to rein in murderous troops had been the biggest obstacle to democracy.
Victim Links Retired General to Torture in El Salvador War
- June 25, 2002
The trial of two retired Salvadoran generals in a two-decade-old torture case opened here today with a witness singling out one of them as a participant in a brutal 24-day interrogation.
U.S. Judge in Atlanta Awards $140 Million to Men Who Claimed Torture in Bosnia
- April 30, 2002
“A federal judge in Atlanta awarded $140 million in damages Monday to four men found to have been tortured and abused by a Bosnian Serb soldier as part of an “ethnic cleansing” campaign in the early 1990s.”
U.S. Court Holds Bosnian Serb Liable for Torture
- April 29, 2002
Practical Justice in Doe v. Lumintang: The Successful Use of Civil Remedies Against “An Enemy of All Mankind”
- February 28, 2002
In a Washington D.C. courtroom on September 10, 2001, US Magistrate Judge Alan Kay brought down a judgment for compensatory and punitive damages of more than $66 million against the defendant in the case of Jane Doe et al versus Johny Lumintang.