DN! El Salvador Honors Slain Jesuit Priests

In Landmark Ceremony, El Salvador Honors Slain Jesuit Priests

In El Salvador, six Jesuit priests are being honored twenty years after their murders by the US-backed Salvadoran military. On Monday, the priests were bestowed the nations highest civilian award, marking the first time the Salvadoran government has honored the priests since their deaths. In a ceremony attended by the priests families, Salvadorian President Mauricio Funes said his country is pulling] back a heavy veil of darkness and lies to let in the light of justice and truth. El Salvadors defense minister also announced the military is ready to ask for forgiveness and open its archives to a long-sought investigation. The Jesuits had been outspoken advocates for the poor and critics of human rights abuses committed by the ARENA government. They were killed on November 16, 1989, when a military unit entered the Central American University campus and shot them to death. The priests housekeeper and her daughter were also killed in the attack. The current head of the university, Priest Jose Maria Tojeira, welcomed the posthumous recognition. Priest Jose Maria Tojeira:

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