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Honduran Linked to Killings, Suit Says

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.

Ex-Envoy Faults Salvadoran Army Over Torture

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.