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      Memphis, United States of America

      Ex-general from Salvador convicted in United States

      Published on : 21 November 2005 - 12:00am | By International Justice Tribune
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      On November 18, a jury at the Memphis federal court sentenced the former Salvadoran colonel Nicolas Carranza to pay 2 million dollars in damages for his responsibility in the acts of torture committed while he was in office. Charges were brought against Carranza, the former Vice-Minister for Defense in El Salvador, by five Salvadoran plaintiffs (IJT-35). Four of them won their case.

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