US Deports Retired El Salvador General Accused of Abuses

A retired Salvadoran military general accused of human rights abuses arrived in San Salvador on Wednesday after he failed to secure asylum in the United States and was deported. Carlos Vides, defense minister and head of the national guard at the height of El Salvador's 12-year civil war, has been accused of presiding over torture and murder, and with obstructing justice by shielding people accused of abuses. Vides, 78, faces no charges in El Salvador because of an amnesty law...

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