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Memphian Carranza Found Guilty of Human Rights Abuses
Memphis Daily News
March 19th, 2009
The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court affirmed Tuesday that Nicolas Carranza, a former commander of El Salvador’s security forces — now a naturalized U.S. citizen and Memphis resident — is responsible for human rights abuses that took place under his command in his native country in the 1980s…

 

Sixth Circuit Upholds Judgment Against El Salvador Military Commander
Jurist: Legal News & Research
March 18th, 2009

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld a district court decision finding former El Salvador chief military commander Nicolas Carranza liable for murder and torture committed during the El Salvador civil war in the 1980s…

 

Former Salvadoran official held liable for torture. Jury awards $6 million to four victims
CNN (AP)
November 19th, 2005

Daniel Alvarado said he was kidnapped by government agents in El Salvador, hung blindfolded from a ceiling, shocked with electrical wires and repeatedly beaten…

 

Ex-Salvadoran Colonel Is Ordered to Pay for Crimes Against Humanity
The New York Times
November 19th, 2005

A federal jury in Memphis yesterday found a former military colonel from El Salvador responsible for crimes against humanity during that country’s civil war in the 1980’s and ordered him to pay $6 million in damages…

 

Torture Suit Begins for Salvadoran Officer
The Associated Press
October 31st, 2005

A former Salvadoran Army colonel was in a U.S. court Monday to defend himself against accusations that his soldiers tortured and killed civilians during El Salvador’s civil war in the 1980s…

 

S.F. Nonprofit Sues Former Salvadoran Commander Group Accuses Man of Torture, War Crimes
San Francisco Chronicle
December 11th, 2003

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…

 

Memphian Accused in El Salvador Killings Suit
The Memphis Commercial Appeal
December 11th, 2003

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…

 

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Carranza Verdict Upheld
March 17th, 2009

 

Jury Finds Memphis Resident Responsible for Human Rights Abuses in El Salvador
November 19th, 2005

 

Top Salvadoran Military Officer, Now a U.S. Citizen, Faces Suit for Torture, Murder
December 10th, 2003

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