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Former Salvadoran official Inocente Orlando Montano attends a trial in Madrid on June 8 for his alleged role in the killing of five Spanish priests in El Salvador in 1989.

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Priest Killing Case In Spain Raises Hope For Justice

2:53pm August 13, 2020

by Deborah Amos

A court in Madrid is due to rule next month on murder and terrorism charges against an ex-Salvadoran military officer alleged to have played a key role in the 1989 executions of five Spanish priests.

Lucía Cerna worked as a housekeeper at the José Simeón Cañas Central American University in El Salvador. On Nov. 16, 1989, she witnessed armed soldiers kill six Jesuit priests, a cook and a teenage girl.

'I Miss Them, Always': A Witness Recounts El Salvador's 1989 Jesuit Massacre

11:50am November 16, 2019

by Danny Hajek

Six priests became modern-day martyrs in one of the most high-profile religious crimes in recent Latin American history. A woman who witnessed the incident says the FBI pressured her to stay quiet.

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Serena Williams holds her trophy after winning the women's singles final at the 2017 Australian Open.

This Week In Race: Jesuits Give Back, Serena's New Gig, Latino Grads Hat Up

4:40am May 26, 2017

by Karen Grigsby Bates

All sorts of people coming and going this week — out of Chicago, out of college, but not to the U.S.

Daniel Berrigan speaks in Colorado in 1974.

Daniel Berrigan, Activist Jesuit Priest Who Opposed Vietnam War, Dies

2:15pm May 01, 2016

by Eyder Peralta

Berrigan became emblematic of the opposition to U.S. involvement in Vietnam. He served time in jail for an audacious act of civil disobedience.