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winds of justice for El Salvador " For me personally, the verdict provided a strong sense of
healing and closure. For almost 25 years, I had carried a bag of heavy
rocks with me everywhere I went. The day that I testified, I left
that bag of rocks with the U.S. justice system"... |
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court orders man behind death-squad killing of El Salvador's archbishop
to pay $10m in damages Independent Co UK 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... September 5, 2004 |
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for an archbishop's murder News.Scotsman.com 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... September 4, 2004 |
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Is Found Liable in Killing of Salvadoran Archbishop The New York Times/ Associated Press 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... September 4, 2004 |
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officer ruled liable in killing of archbishop in 1980 First trial ever
in case, but ex-airman has disappear San Francisco Chronicle 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... September 4, 2004 |
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Salvador and Romero: an interview with Sandra Coliver and Francisco
Acosta CBC Radio One The deaths of every one of the seventy-five-thousand people killed during El Salvador's brutal civil war left a devastating mark on their country. Amidst the mass killing, it's the murder of Archbishop Oscar Romero that continues to resonate to this day... September 3, 2004 |
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suit hearing recalls Salvadoran cleric's slaying in '80 San Francisco Chronicle 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... August 25, 2004 |
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Salvador Slaying Case to Open in Fresno Los Angeles Times Relative of Archbishop Oscar Romero sues over his 1980 death. But the suspect is missing... August 24, 2004 |
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Archbishop, the death squad and the 24-year wait for justice Independant UK 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... August 24, 2004 |
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man accused in '80 slaying of bishop San Francisco Chronicle A Modesto resident was accused in a lawsuit Tuesday of playing a key role in the 1980 assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero, an outspoken critic of human rights abuses in El Salvador... September 17, 2003 |
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Filed in '80 Death Of Salvadoran Bishop The Washington Post A San Francisco-based human rights group filed a landmark lawsuit yesterday in the case of slain Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, accusing a former Salvadoran Air Force officer of involvement in the 1980 assassination of the revered Roman Catholic leader... September 17, 2003 |
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