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International judge delays murder trial of El Salvador guardsmen
An appeals court judge in San Salvador delayed the trial of four national guardsmen accused in the 1980 murders of four American churchwomen. The ruling seeks more evidence to support claims the guardsmen robbed the women's van, potentially postponing the case for months. The victims Ita Ford and Maura Clarke from New York, Dorothy Kazel from Ohio, and Jean Donovan of Cleveland were found in a shallow grave near San Vicente on December 4, 1980. The case tests El Salvador's pledge to curb military brutality amid U.S. aid pressures. in Cleveland, Rev. Alfred Winters expressed disappointment at the ruling.
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Luis Alonso Melara
Maryknoll
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Maura Clarke
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Cleveland
Alfred Winters
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