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Former Salvadoran Soldiers Fight Extradition in Killing of Priests

Posted August 9th, 2011 at 12:10 am (UTC-5)
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Nine former Salvadoran soldiers were in custody Monday for the 1989 killing of six Jesuit priests and two others during El Salvador’s civil war. Five of the priests were Spaniards. The Salvadoran Defense Ministry said Monday the nine soldiers turned themselves in at a military base before being handed over to a Salvadoran court. A […]

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