El Salvador’s judicial system still scares some
SAN SALVADOR, HI Salva
titir (AP) — Thn judge ami two
prosecutors involved in the tri
al of the soldiers charged with
murdering six Jesuit priests
will leave HI Salvador immedi
ately after sentencing, accord
ing to church sources
A jury convicted two of the
nine soldiers accused in the
killings on Saturday. The
sources, who spoke on condi
tion of anonymity, said Judge
Ricardo Zamora will leave after
he sentences 061. Guillermo
Henevidos and Lt. Yusshv Men
doza.
Two private prosecutors
hired by the Jesuits, Henry
Campos and Sidney Blanco,
told journalists they also will
leave HI Salvador, to study law
The sources gave no un
equivocal explanation for the
three officials' departure;, but
officials in sensitive cases in
the past have been threatened
or killed.
The Jesuit case was particu
larly sensitive because it
marked the first time in HI Sal
Columbian
officials cut
peace talks
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP)
The government suspended
peace talks Monday with loltist
guerrillas after police blumed
the rebels for killing six people
during an attack on Colombia's
former Senate president.
Gunmen ambushed Aurelio
Iragorri on Monday as he was
campaigning near the south
western town of Cajibio
Iragorri was not hurt, but six
people in his entourage, includ
ing the town's former mayor,
were killed
Police blamed the attack on
the National Liberation Army,
■in insurgent group known by
its Spanish acronym Kl.N A re
bel spokesman said he had no
such information
It was the fifth attack in re
cent weeks on candidates in
congressional and gubernatorial
elections set for Oct. 27.
In a communique announc
ing the suspension of peace
talks, the government called
Monday's attack "criminal"
and "cowardly." The statement
did not say whether the sus
pension was permanent
The gunmen killed four of
Iragorri's police bodyguards,
the former mayor and a civilian
accompanying the candidate in
liis car. Authorities said police
in helicopters were dispatched
to the area and exchanged gun
fire with insurgents on the
ground.
Iragorri, a former Senate
president, is a member of the
President Cesar Caviria's gov
erning Liberal Party.
Government peace negoti
ators have boon meeting in
Venezuela since June with rep
resentatives of the Colombia's
two remaining rebel groups, the
ELN and the Revolutionary
Armed Forces of Colombia.
In its communique, the gov
ernment said it was suspending
negotiations so its negotiators
could return to Bogota to confer
with the president.
Smaller rebel groups have al
ready signed peace accords,
and one, the M-19, has become
a major opposition political
party.
Judge and prosecutors in the Jesuit case to leave
vador that military officers
have boon convicted of human
rights violations, despite a con
tinual stream of accusations
over the past dozen years
lorge Alberto Serrano, .1 mill
iarv judge who presided in the
trial of a kidnapping ring that
included officers and far right
ists. was killed in May I'lrtH
There have lieen no arrests in
that case
The priests, who were teach
ers .it the Jesuit-run University
ol Central America, were forced
from their quarters and shot to
death by soldiers on Nov 1(>,
Their housekeeper and her
teen-age daughter also were
killed, apparently to eliminate
witnesses
M.iny within I ho military
consldnri'd thi> Jesuits to tie loft
1st sympathizers Several of the
accused said they were noting
under orders to kill the priests
and eliminate witnesses
Jose Maria Tojuira, the head
of the Jesuit order in Central
America, said he was surprised
that only two of the nine had
been convicted
"We thought there would he
a gudty verdict for all of them,"
he said in a television inter
view. "We thought the crimes
were sufficiently proved
The jury, which was kept
hidden during the trial for its
own protection, acquitted two
lieutenants and live enlisted
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nii'n, including one tried in .ill
sent!,i
Some of the acquitted sol
diers had confessed In shooting
the priests
The nrim patrol responsible
for the killings came from the
in i I i t a r v school, which
Itena v ides d irei led
I he judge has 30 dav’s to sen
tern e Benavides and Mend, /.a
Thu maximum ponalH is .10
visits in prison
.Thu Josuits anil others have
contended that lilt' killings
won* ordered liv senior military
officers, and that those respon
slide for the orders and an at
tempted cover lip have gone
free
Church a n d dipt o in a t i <
sources said Zamora may go to
Kngland. where tie has received
invitations to speak on legal
matters at several institutes and
universities
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