Former Salvadoran Colonel Sued in Virginia for 1982 Murder of Dutch Journalists

<p>The brother of one of the four Dutch journalists murdered in Chalatenango 42 years ago, during the civil war, has sued Colonel Mario Reyes Mena, a fugitive of Salvadoran justice since 2022, in a Virginia District Court, seeking to repeat the same legal pathway that led to the deportation of former defense ministers also accused of wartime human rights violations.</p>

Gabriel Labrador Graciela Barrera