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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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El Salvador court sentences 3 ex-military officers over killings of Dutch journalists in 1982

Three former El Salvador military officers were given lengthy prison sentences late Thursday over the 1982 killings of four Dutch journalists during the country’s civil war.

It means former Defense Minister Gen. José Guillermo García, 91, former treasury police director Col. Francisco Morán, 93, and Col. Mario Adalberto Reyes Mena, 85, will likely die in custody.

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