SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – 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 due to an amnesty law exempting crimes committed during the 1980-1992 civil war. During the conflict, an estimated 75,000 people were killed and 8,000 went missing.
