Court orders arrest of ex-El Salvador President Cristiani
ABC News
A court in El Salvador has ordered the capture of former President Alfredo Cristiani in relation to the 1989 massacre of six Jesuit priests and two others by soldiers
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- A court in El Salvador on Friday ordered the capture of former President Alfredo Cristiani in relation to the 1989 massacre of six Jesuit priests and two others by soldiers.
Prosecutors allege that Cristiani knew of the military’s plan to eliminate the priests and did nothing to stop them. In a statement released by Cristiani’s daughter, the former leader denied the allegations.
“The truth is I never knew of the plans they had to commit those killings,” Cristiani said. “They never informed me nor asked for my authorization because they knew that I would never have authorized that that Father (Ignacio) Ellacuría or his brothers were harmed.”
Cristiani and a former lawmaker, Rodolfo Parker, had been summoned to court Tuesday, but did not appear.
