“Learn from History”: Archive Posts Documents to Remember Archbishop Oscar...
Yesterday, the National Security Archive posted 12 documents as part of an Electronic Briefing Book to recognize the 31st anniversary of the assassination of Archibishop of San Salvador, El Salvador...
View ArticleDos Erres Massacre: The Case Deepens
Judge Santiago Pedraz of the Spanish National Court has issued an international arrest warrant for Jorge Sosa Orantes, the Guatemalan ex-Kaibil officer suspected of participation in the 1982 Dos Erres...
View ArticleSalvadoran Military Official Accused of Ordering Jesuit Massacre, Dies at 64
Retired general René Emilio Ponce, a former Minister of Defense of El Salvador who was accused of ordering the murder of six Jesuit Priests in 1989, died on Monday, May 2nd, at the age of 64. In a...
View ArticleDeclassified Documents Provide Key Evidence in Jesuit Case Arrest Warrant
Yesterday, a Spanish judge issued indictments and arrest warrants for 20 high ranking El Salvadoran officials for their alleged involvement in the 1989 massacre of six Jesuit priests, their...
View ArticleFormer Senior Guatemalan Officials Arrested for Genocide and Forced...
Guatemalan authorities have arrested a former Army chief of staff on charges of genocide and other crimes against humanity committed during the conflict, and a former director of the National Police...
View ArticleAstonishing Discovery of Remains of Guatemalan Death Squad Diary Victims
The National Security Archive recently published an electronic briefing book detailing the discovery of the remains of two victims listed in the famous “death squad diary.” The Forensic Anthropology...
View ArticleNotes from the Evidence Project: The Death Squad Diary Hearing
On Wednesday, April 25, 2012, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) heard testimony in Case 12.590, Gudiel Álvarez et al. (Diario Militar) vs. Guatemala during the court’s 45th Extraordinary...
View ArticleNotes from the Evidence Project: Kate Doyle Wins Human Rights Award and Gives...
On Sunday, May 13, 2012, National Security Archive senior analyst and director of the Evidence Project, Kate Doyle, was awarded the 2012 ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism along with Fredy...
View ArticleDocument Friday: What Happened At Dos Erres?
This weekend, This American Life on National Public Radio will air an hour-long edition entitled “What Happened at Dos Erres”. The program will tell the harrowing, and still ongoing, story of the Dos...
View ArticleThe Declassified Record on the Tlatelolco Massacre that Preceded the ’68...
The US has joined the international community in expressing security concerns for the upcoming Sochi Olympics, even sending law enforcement to help secure the games. Threats of violence at the...
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