El Salvador Jesuits seek reopening of case in 1989 massacre

By MARCOS ALEMAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
 SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Nov 16, 2017, 1:57 PM ET

The Roman Catholic Jesuit community in El Salvador will ask authorities to reopen the case against a group of military officials suspected in the 1989 massacre of six priests and two female employees, a lawyer said Thursday.

The announcement came a day after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for a Salvadoran ex-colonel's extradition to Spain to face charges of allegedly helping plan the attack on the Jesuit priests, five of whom were Spaniards.

Manuel Escalante, a human rights lawyer at the Jesuit-run Jose Simeon Canas Central American University, told YSUCA radio that a conviction in Spain would be a big step toward "eliminating historical impunity."

He added that Salvadoran prosecutors must also act to advance the case in the Central American nation.

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