Trial over murder of IKON journalists postponed: 'Huge disappointment'

The trial of the murder of four Dutch journalists in El Salvador in 1982 has been postponed until June 3. This was reported by Gert Kuiper, the brother of one of the murdered journalists. The trial of the three suspects was actually supposed to start in El Salvador on Wednesday. Kuiper and other relatives had therefore already arrived in the country. "It is a huge disappointment," Kuiper responded to NOS Met het Oog op Morgen. "We had been looki…

Tomorrow, the trial of the commanders who ordered the murder of the IKON film crew in 1982 begins in El Salvador. Sonja ter Laag lost...

The trial over the murder of four Dutch journalists from the broadcaster IKON in El Salvador has been postponed because the lawyer of one of the defendants had to undergo a medical procedure. This is what Gert Kuiper, the brother of one of the journalists killed in 1982, reports.

Latin American Summary, April 22, 2025. The brothers of two of four Dutch journalists killed by the army of El Salvador in 1982 demanded justice this Tuesday, on the eve of the final phase of the trial for this crime against three former military chiefs. Cornelius Kuiper Joop, Koos Jacobus Andries Koster, Hans Lodewijk ter Laag [...] La entrada El Salvador. They demand family justice for Dutch journalists killed in 1982 was first published in La…

San Salvador, Apr 22 (Latin Press) The public hearing against retired soldiers from El Salvador for the murder of four journalists from the Netherlands scheduled for tomorrow, was rescheduled for June 3, said today a source of the plaintiffs. The post They reschedule trial for murder of journalists from the Netherlands first appeared on News Prensa Latina.

This is the murder of the four Dutch CNN reporters: Kees Koster, Jan Kuipers, Hans Sterlagh and Job Willemssen, March 17, 1982. EL SALVADOR.- The Mesa Contra la Impunidad en El Salvador (MECIES), a network of organizations of victims of the armed conflict and human rights organizations, is looking forward to the start of the trial for the murder of the 4 Dutch journalists, which will take place on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at the Chalatenango Ju…