Word: valdivieso
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Rene Edmundo Valdivieso, secretary of the Martial Court, released the ruling from the three-member appellate tribunal. It said the killings were covered by the amnesty program adopted under terms of the Central American peace plan adopted in August...
...Valdivieso said the three suspects could be freed on Friday...
Government lawyers argued that the killings had no political connection but were civil crimes, making the detainees ineligible for amnesty, Valdivieso said...
...decision, the Martial Court said the shootings were "an essentially political crime. The goal of (the rebels) was a military objective. It was an act of terrorism," Valdivieso read the ruling to reporters...