Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova

Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova

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name=Carlos Eugenio Vides


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birth_date=1937
birth_place=Santa Ana, El Salvador
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residence=Palm Coast, Florida
nationality=Salvadoran
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known_for=human rights violations (torture)
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employer= government of El Salvador
occupation=military officer
title=Defense Minister of El Salvador
spouse=Lourdes Llach
children=Maria Gema Vides Melendez, Marta Del Carmen Vides Demmer, Geraldo Vides Melendez [Romagoza V. Casanova [http://cja.org/cases/Romagoza_Docs/Roma%20Complaint%20Fraud%20Transfer.htm] ]
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Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova was head of the Salvadoran national guard and later defense minister. He was sued in the federal civil court of Miami, Florida in the United States in two precedent-setting cases. The cases are referred to by the surname of his co-defendant, José Guillermo García:

* "Ford v. Garcia", a lawsuit by the families of four Catholic churchwomen who were murdered by a Salvadoran military death squad on December 2, 1980. The 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 and Vides lost, and a judgment of over $54 million (U.S.) was entered against them, and upheld on appeal. [cite web |title=El Salvador generals guilty of torture |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2147506.stm |accessdate-2008-5-27]

After his first wife died, Vides married Lourdes Llach, daughter of coffee baron, amateur astronomer, and former Salvadoran ambassador to the Holy See [NACLA [http://archive.nacla.org/Summaries/V1915P39-1.htm] ] (1977-1991) [List of Ambassadors [http://www.apostolische-nachfolge.de/dipl_korps.htm] ] Prudencio Llach Schonenberg.

References

ee also

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

External links

* [http://www.pbs.org/wnet/justice/law_background_ford.html Ford v. Garcia Trial Background] . Legal history section of PBS website on "Justice and the Generals" presentation in 2002. Accessed October 7, 2005; confirmed online December 11, 2006.
* [http://www.usip.org/library/tc/doc/reports/el_salvador/tc_es_03151993_intro.html Report of the Commission on the Truth for El Salvador] (1993) accessed online December 9, 2006.

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DATE OF BIRTH=1937
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