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February 8, 2016

El Salvador: 4 Former Soldiers Arrested for 1989 Murders of 6 Jesuit Priests
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Meanwhile, authorities in El Salvador have arrested four former soldiers
wanted in Spain for the murders of six Jesuit priests in 1989.
Prosecutors say soldiers killed the priests, their housekeeper and the
housekeeper's daughter to silence the priests' criticism of abuses
committed by the U.S.-backed military. Five of the priests were Spanish.
The arrests came after a U.S. judge paved the way for a former
Salvadoran colonel to face charges in Spain for helping orchestrate the
priests' killings.


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