Prosecutors say Salvadorian soldiers shot six Jesuit priests in 1989 to silence their criticism of rights abuses committed by US-backed army in country’s civil warEl Salvadors government has said it will cooperate in the arrest of 17 former soldiers accused of killing six Jesuit priests in one of the most notorious atrocities of the country’s bloody civil war. The government made the announcement on Wednesday after a Spanish judge sent a fresh petition to international police agency Interpol on Monday,ordering the soldiers’ capture for the 1989 murders of the priests, their housekeeper and her daughter. Five of the priests were Spanish and one was Salvadoran.
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Source: theguardian.com