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El Salvador detains 3 officers in torture, abduction case
By Associated Press
February 20 at 9:54 PM
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Police in El Salvador arrested two military colonels and a lieutenant colonel Tuesday in connection with the case of eight soldiers who were convicted last year of abducting and torturing two people, one of them a minor.
One of the colonels was recently named military attache at the country’s embassy in neighboring Honduras, and the other holds a prominent position with the General Staff of the armed forces. Also detained in the case were four attorneys, a prosecutor, a police officer, two judicial workers and a doctor.
According to trial testimony, the soldiers were sent after several people who broke into a country house belonging to a military officer and stole money, a gun and other belongings. They said they were only following orders, but were sentenced to 14 years in prison.
An anti-organized-crime police unit has been investigating allegations the officers tried to bribe judicial officials and coerce victims to win the soldiers’ freedom.
More:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/el-salvador-detains-3-officers-in-torture-abduction-case/2018/02/20/81f1ab24-16b2-11e8-930c-45838ad0d77a_story.html?utm_term=.ea8fcd20d382
