The Spanish Supreme Court has given its backing to a High Court judge to continue his human rights investigation into the 1989 murders of six Jesuit priests and two of their workers at the height of El Salvador’s civil war.
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EE UU retrasa la decisión sobre la extradición del salvadoreño por la muerte de Ellacuria
- May 7, 2015
La Justicia de Estados Unidos retrasó hoy tres meses su decisión sobre la extradición del excoronel de Defensa salvadoreño Inocente Montano, reclamado por España por el asesinato de cinco jesuitas españoles, entre ellos Ignacio Ellacuría, durante la guerra civil de El Salvador (1980-1992).
Salvadoran military man linked to 1989 Jesuit massacre faces extradition to Spain
- April 21, 2015
A historic trial on the 1989 Jesuit massacre in El Salvador is a step closer to reality now that the U.S. Justice Department is seeking to extradite a former Salvadoran army colonel to Spain to face murder and terrorism charges in connection with the Jesuit case.
El Salvador’s dirty warriors to face justice for 1989 massacre of six Jesuits priests, their housekeeper and her daughter
- April 19, 2015
Senior commander Colonel Montano Morales could appear in court next year on charges of terrorism, murder and crimes against humanity
Justice in sight for family of Chilean folksinger slain in 1973
- April 17, 2015
Those who were with leftist folk singer Víctor Jara the day he died inside Chile’s national stadium – one of the most sinister symbols of Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship – say he never stopped smiling.
US to Prosecute Chilean Military Officer Involved in Victor Jara Death
- April 17, 2015
A former Chilean military officer will be tried in a U.S. court for his role in the torture and murder of Chilean singer Victor Jara. A court in Florida will try Pedro Barrientos after the Jara family filed a lawsuit against him.
Prisión sin fianza para salvadoreño reclamado por España por crimen de jesuitas
- April 17, 2015
El excoronel y exviceministro de Defensa salvadoreño Inocente Montano, reclamado por España por el asesinato de cinco jesuitas españoles en El Salvador en 1989, quedó hoy en prisión provisional en EEUU a la espera de la vista de extradición, informó a Efe un portavoz del Departamento de Justicia.
Op-ed: Remembering the Holocaust, reckoning with today’s atrocities
- April 16, 2015
Seventy years after the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps, the United States still lacks the laws needed to prosecute war criminals in its custody and give redress to victims.
Killer of Chilean folk singer Victor Jara to face US justice
- April 16, 2015
Army lieutenant accused of killing popular singer in wake of 1973 military coup faces a civil suit in Florida court
Killer of Chile’s Victor Jara to be Tried in the US
- April 16, 2015
Famed folk singer Victor Jara was arrested and killed by soldiers shortly after the 1973 coup led by Augusto Pinochet. | Photo: Reuters
