Tag: salvadorian
Kilmar Ábrego García was tortured in Salvadorian prison, court filing alleges
While being held at the so-called Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot) in El Salvador, Ábrego García and 20 other men “were forced to kneel from approximately 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM”, according to the court papers filed by his lawyers in the federal district court in Maryland. Guards struck anyone who fell from exhaustion while kneeling,…
Three Salvadorian ex-military convicted of 1982 killings of Dutch reporters
Five-member jury sentenced defendants, now in their 80s or 90s, to 15 years in prison on first day of trial A former defense minister of El Salvador and two retired colonels have been convicted of the 1982 killings of four Dutch journalists during the country’s civil war, a lawyer for families of the deceased said.…