Juan Romagoza Arce is a Salvadoran surgeon, political activist, and former refugee with dual Salvadoran-American citizenship. As a physician, he treated rural Salvadorans during the Salvadoran Civil War, and was tortured by the National Guard. After...
Arce v. García, 434 F.3d 1254 (11th Cir. 2006), is a landmark Eleventh Circuit case brought by three Salvadoran plaintiffs under the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA) and the Torture Victim Protection Act (TVPA).
Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova (29 November 1937 – 21 December 2023) was the head of the Salvadoran national guard between the years 1979 and 1983 and later served as the nation's Minister of Defense between 1983 and 1989. In 1984, four national...
Club Deportivo Luis Ángel Firpo (often abbreviated to Firpo) is a professional football club based in Usulután, El Salvador, that currently plays in the Primera División de El Salvador. Founded as Tecún Umán in 1923, it was soon renamed in honor of...
José Guillermo García Merino (born 25 June 1933) is a former general of the military of El Salvador and was minister of defense of the Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador between the years 1979 and 1983.
The Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA) is a US non-profit international human rights organization based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1998, CJA represents survivors of torture and other grave human rights abuses in cases against...