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"They were men that were dedicated to their struggle for peace and justice," said Father David Hollenbach of the Weston School of Theology, an associated school of Harvard University. "That was not easy. They were threatened with death."
Martin-Baro, 47, was an annual speaker at the Divinity School and last spoke this January. Montes, 56, was a researcher who wrote a University report in 1985 studying non-violent resistance to state-sponsored terror.
The November 16 slayings of the previously untouchable Jesuits, their live-in cook and her daughter came at a pivotal time for the region, which had been nearing an international settlement mediated by Costa Rican leader Oscar Arias.
In response, Jesuit clergy throughout Central America have issued an ultimatum to the Salvadoran government to bring the killers to justice or else face being held responsible for the deaths. So far those ultimatums have passed quietly.
"He basically was doing an inventory of methods of non-violent struggle as they are manifested in an extremely hostile environment," says Christopher Kruegler, associate program director for the Program on Nonviolent sanctions. "There's some irony in the fact that he was studying the phenomenon which ultimately claimed his...