"The Criminal Chamber of the Fourth Central Section, in Santa Tecla, La Libertad, upheld the 15-year prison sentences handed down to three military officers for the murders of four Dutch journalists during the armed conflict. However, it revoked the Salvadoran State's obligation to publicly apologize to the victims' families for delaying justice in the case.
According to the resolution made public on April 30, it was the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic itself that requested the State be absolved of this liability—acting through the acting commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces and President Nayib Bukele—arguing that none of the accusing parties had requested such a measure during the proceedings.
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The ratified judgment imposes a 15-year prison sentence on General José Guillermo García, Colonel Francisco Antonio Morán and Colonel Mario Adalberto Reyes Mena for the murders of Jan Kuiper, Koos Koster, Joop Willemsem and Hans ter Laag, who were filming a documentary about the armed conflict when they —along with two Salvadoran guides— were ambushed by members of the Salvadoran Armyin Santa Rita, Chalatenango, on March 17, 1982."
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This monitor was translated with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Teresa Mioli.
