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    Priest Killing Case In Spain Raises Hope For Justice

    A court in Madrid is due to rule next month on murder and terrorism charges against an ex-Salvadoran military officer alleged to have played a key role in the 1989 executions of five Spanish priests.
    by Deborah Amos Aug 13, 2020 4 minutes
    A mural made by artist Josué Villalta on the wall of a building of the José Simeón Cañas Central American University showing the faces of Jesuit priests who were executed by members of the Salvadoran army in 1989.

    It is remembered as one of the great atrocities of El Salvador's 12-year civil war. In 1989, a Salvadoran military battalion raided a private Jesuit university before dawn and executed six priests, their cook and her teenage daughter.

    One of those killed, university rector Ignacio Ellacuría, had promoted dialogue between the U.S.-backed right-wing government and leftist guerrillas in the country's civil war. He and four of the other slain priests were Spanish citizens.

    More than 30 years later, a court in Spain next month is expected to rule on murder and terrorism charges against a former Salvadoran military officer for his alleged involvement as a key decision-maker in the killings.

    Prosecutors have asked

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