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

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…

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

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…

A judge’s deportation order provides details about alleged human rights violations by a former Honduran Army officer accused of complicity in a `dirty war.’

Students gathered in Bechtel International Center last night to commemorate women’s struggles in the name of International Women’s Day, which is March 8. The event featured three keynote speakers who spoke about their shared pursuit of justice for torture and human rights abuses against Salvadorean civilians.

Article on CJA client Zita Cabello-Barrueto’s long struggle to achieve justice for her brother’s killing.

An unassuming great-grandfather who has been living uneventfully in Memphis was accused Wednesday of overseeing military squads who killed thousands of El Salvadorans more than two decades ago…

A San Francisco nonprofit that has successfully sued foreign military leaders for crimes against humanity has again filed suit, this time against a former Salvadoran military commander the group says is responsible for torture and assassinations during the early years of El Salvador’s civil war…