US court orders man behind death-squad killing of El Salvador’s archbishop to pay $10m in damages
- September 5, 2004
Almost 25 years after El Salvador’s Archbishop Oscar Romero was shot with a single bullet in the heart as he said Mass, a court in the United States has found someone responsible for his murder…
Ex-Salvadoran officer ruled liable in killing of archbishop in 1980
- September 4, 2004
A federal judge in Fresno ruled Friday that a former Salvadoran air force captain is liable for $10 million in compensatory and punitive damages for his involvement in the assassination almost a quarter century ago of El Salvador’s Roman Catholic archbishop, Oscar Arnulfo Romero…
Man Is Found Liable in Killing of Salvadoran Archbishop
- September 4, 2004
A federal judge found a retired Salvadoran air force captain liable on Friday in the 1980 killing of Archbishop Óscar Romero and ordered him to pay $2.5 million in compensatory damages and $7.5 million in punitive damages…
$10m for an archbishop’s murder
- September 4, 2004
The family of an archbishop assassinated while celebrating Mass in El Salvador has won $10m (£5.4m) damages from a retired air force captain who ordered his murder 24 years ago…
Judge finds Modesto man liable for 1980 Assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, Orders him to pay $10 million in damages
- September 3, 2004
Justice Comes for the Archbishop
- August 31, 2004
Nearly 25 years after Archbishop Óscar Romero was assassinated while celebrating Mass in San Salvador, a chance for justice has finally appeared.
Fresno suit hearing recalls Salvadoran cleric’s slaying in ’80
- August 25, 2004
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…
The Archbishop, the death squad and the 24-year wait for justice
- August 24, 2004
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…
El Salvador Slaying Case to Open in Fresno
- August 24, 2004
Relative of Archbishop Oscar Romero sues over his 1980 death. But the suspect is missing…
Ruling details torture claims
- June 20, 2004
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.’