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Definitive sentence for murder of Dutch journalists in El Salvador after 44 years
Three military leaders convicted of murdering four Dutch IKON journalists in El Salvador in March 1982 received a final thirty-year prison sentence after their cassation appeal was rejected. This concludes the case after 44 years. The defendants include former Defense Minister Guillermo Garcia (93), police director Francisco Antonio Morán (94), and ex-colonel Mario Reyes Mena (88). Relatives expressed relief that justice has finally been served definitively, ending decades of legal pursuit for accountability regarding the ambush near guerrilla territory during the civil war.
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