José Guillermo García

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Name=Jose Guillermo Garcia


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birth_date=1933
birth_place=San Vicente, El Salvador
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nationality=Salvadoran
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known_for=human rights violations
education=School of the Americas
employer=Military of El Salvador
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title=general
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José Guillermo García was a general of the military of El Salvador and minister of defense during the Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador. He emigrated to the United States in 1989. He was sued, along with Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova, in the United States district court in West Palm Beach [Washington Post August 17, 2003 "The Case Against the Generals" [http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A59068-2003Aug14?language=printer] ] in two precedent-setting legal actions:
* "Ford v. Garcia", a lawsuit by the families of four Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic, who were murdered by a Salvadoran military death squad on December 2, 1980. Garcia's defense won the case, and the families appealed. Their appeal was denied, and in 2003, the United States Supreme Court refused to hear further proceedings.
* "Ramagoza v. Garcia", a lawsuit by survivors of torture during the Salvadoran Civil War. Garcia lost, and a judgment of over $54 million (U.S.) was entered against him and his co-defendant, and upheld on appeal. [cite journal |last=Gonzales |first=David |title=Torture Victims in El Salvador Are Awarded $54 Million New York Times |issue= 24 July 2002 [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0DEFDF1238F937A15754C0A9649C8B63] ] [cite web |title=El Salvador Generals Guilty of Torture |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2147506.stm |accessdate=2008-05-27]

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ee also

* Maura Clarke
* Jean Donovan
* Ita Ford
* Dorothy Kazel
* Salvadoran Civil War