A former Salvadoran army officer has testified that the “high command” gave orders to eliminate Jesuit priests during the country’s civil war. He also said the Central American country’s president would have known of the crimes to be committed and did not intervene. The testimony was offered at the trial of Inocente Orlando Montano, a... Read More
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