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| Ex-Salvadoran
Colonel Is Ordered to Pay for Crimes Against Humanity The New York Times 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..... November 19, 2005 |
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Salvadoran official held liable for torture. Jury awards $6 million
to four victims. CNN (AP) Daniel Alvarado said he was kidnapped by government agents in El Salvador, hung blindfolded from a ceiling, shocked with electrical wires and repeatedly beaten... November 19, 2005 |
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suit begins for Salvadoran Officer The Associated Press 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... October 31, 2005 |
| Memphian
accused in El Salvador killings suit The Memphis Commercial Appeal 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... December 11, 2003 |
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nonprofit sues former Salvadoran commander Group accuses man of torture, war crimes San Francisco Chronicle 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... December 11, 2003 |
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