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El Salvador convicts army officers for 1982 killing of 4 Dutch journalists

Security officers stand guard at the entrance to the Chalatenango Judicial Center as a public hearing is held of former military officers accused of ordering the murder in 1982 of four Dutch journalists, in Chalatenango, El Salvador on June 3, 2025 [Marvin Recinos/AFP]

Three former officers in El Salvador’s military have been convicted for the killings of four Dutch journalists during the Central American country’s brutal civil war in 1982.

Former Minister of National Defence Colonel Jose Guillermo Garcia, 91, former police Colonel Francisco Moran, 93, and ex-infantry brigade commander Colonel Mario Adalberto Reyes Mena, 85, were found guilty late on Tuesday by a jury in the northern city of Chalatenango, a lawyer said.

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