El Salvador: No justice 20 years on from UN Truth Commission

Headline Title: “El Salvador is a monument to impunity” 15 March 2013 This year, Ernestina and Erlinda Serrano Cruz should be celebrating their 38th and 34th birthdays surrounded by relatives.But no one knows where they are. And the people who might hold a clue remain silent.31 years ago, the then 7 and 3 year old girls were snatched from their family in the municipality of San Antonio de la Cruz, northern El Salvador.It was 1982, and the Central American country was going though the bloodiest period of an armed conflict that lasted from 1980 to 1992 and took thousands of lives.Across…

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