Salvadoran torture survivor finds closure in court
Tagged: Doctor, prisonPosted on: February 5th, 2007“Mauricio and two other former Salvadoran political prisoners sued the military commanders who once ran the tiny Central American country in the U.S. courts. Along with lay church worker Neris Gonzalez and Juan Romagoza Arce, a doctor who volunteered his time helping the poor, Mauricio won a $54.6 million jury award that was upheld on appeal.
The three plaintiffs have recovered just $300,000 so far, and they donated most of that to human rights causes. But the money made it one of the first cases in which torture survivors were able to make those responsible pay for their actions.”
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