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Spain top court upholds conviction of Salvadoran in Jesuit murders
Spain s supreme court has upheld former Salvadoran Col. Inocente Montano s sentence Catholic News Service Updated: February 05, 2021 05:31 AM GMT
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Former Salvadoran Col. Inocente Montano was sentenced to more than 133 years in prison for his involvement in the slaying of five Spanish Jesuits in El Salvador in 1989. (Photo: notimerica)
Spain s supreme court has upheld the conviction of a former Salvadoran colonel for the slayings of five Spanish Jesuits during El Salvador s civil war.
In a Feb. 3 ruling, the court discarded arguments from lawyers for Inocente Montano, 78. The lawyers had argued that Spanish justice lacked jurisdiction for the slayings, which occurred in 1989 on the campus of the Jesuit-run Central American University in San Salvador.
Spain high court upholds conviction of Salvadoran colonel in Jesuit murders
Feb 4, 2021 contributor
Former Salvadoran Col. Inocente Montano was sentenced to more than 133 years in prison for his involvement in the slaying of five Spanish Jesuits in El Salvador in 1989. Spain s supreme court has upheld the sentence. (Credit: CNS photo/DPA/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM via Reuters.)
Spain s supreme court has upheld the conviction of a former Salvadoran colonel for the slayings of five Spanish Jesuits during El Salvador s civil war.
MADRID Spain’s supreme court has upheld the conviction of a former Salvadoran colonel for the slayings of five Spanish Jesuits during El Salvador’s civil war.