US EditionEl Salvador Court Sentences 3 Ex-Military Officers over Killings of Dutch Journalists in 1982
- A court in El Salvador sentenced three former military officers to 30 years for the 1982 killings of four Dutch journalists during the civil war, as requested by the prosecution for a total of 60 years.
- President Nayib Bukele was ordered to issue a public apology to the victims’ families by the court.
- A jury convicted the three officers following a closed trial last month, and they will serve their sentences in a private hospital, as per court orders.
- Oscar Pérez from Fundación Comunicandonos stated, 'Truth and justice have won over impunity,' calling this a historic event for El Salvador.
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The sentences are more severe than initially seemed the case. The Salvadoran state must also publicly apologize. "I am speechless," said Saskia ter Laag, a relative of one of the journalists.
The three men who were convicted last month in El Salvador for the murder of four Dutch journalists in 1982, appear to have been given a prison sentence of 30 years in the final written verdict. That is longer than initially seemed. When the verdict was pronounced on June 4 in the court in the department of Chalatenango, it seemed to be about sentences of 15 years. But yesterday it became clear that the judge is imposing 15 years per victim on t…
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El Salvador court sentences 3 ex-military officers over killings of Dutch journalists in 1982
A court in El Salvador has sentenced three former military officers for the 1982 killings of four Dutch journalists during the civil war.
A court in El Salvador yesterday sentenced three former military chiefs to 60 years in prison for the murder of four Dutch journalists 43 years ago, during the civil war (1980-92). In June, in first instance, they were sentenced to 15 years in prison each, but yesterday, the court clarified that because four of them were murdered, the sentence amounts to 60 years. The sentence states that those convicted “will only serve 30 years” in prison, the…
On Thursday, 3 July, a Salvadoran court increased the sentences it had handed down last June against three former military personnel for the murder of four Dutch journalists in 1982 during the civil war.
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