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Acquittal of Salvadoran Generals in Nuns' Deaths

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 2001

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References

1 See Dickey, Christopher, 4 U.S. Catholics Killed in El Salvador, Wash. Post, Dec. 5, 1980, at A1 Google Scholar; 6 Salvadoran Soldiers Are Arrested in Slaying of U.S. Church Workers, N.Y. Times, May 10, 1981, at A1 Google Scholar; A Decade of War: el Salvador Confronts the Future (Sundaram, Anjali & Gelber, George eds., 1991)Google Scholar; America’s Watch, el Salvador’s Decade of Terror: Human Rights Since the Assassination of Archbishop Romero (1991).Google Scholar

2 See Amended complaint, Ford v. Garcia (S.D. Fla. Nov. 3,2000) (No. 99-8359). Documents relating to the trial may be found at <http://www.lchr.org/lac/nuns/courtdocs/index.htm>.

3 28 U.S.C. §1350 note (1994).

4 See Bragg, Rick, Suit in Nuns’ 1980 Deaths in El Salvador Goes to Florida Jury, N.Y. Times, Nov. 2, 2000, at A4.Google Scholar

5 See Jury instructions at 6-7, 9-10, Ford v. Garcia.

6 See Gonzalez, David, 2 Salvadorans Cleared by Jury in Nuns’ Deaths, N.Y. Times, Nov. 4, 2000, at A1.Google Scholar