The History Hour - I saw the soldiers who killed El Salvador's priests

I saw the soldiers who killed El Salvador's priests

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The woman who risked her life to reveal that the army, not left-wing rebels, were responsible for the murder of six Jesuit priests in 1980s El Salvador; the moment when the Taser first hit the streets; the long legal fight to reclaim Klimt's masterpiece Woman in Gold; the man who got the Delhi metro built; and travels in Arabia with Wilfred Thesiger.

(Photo: a plaque commemorating the murdered priests in San Salvador- courtesy of David Mee)

Published on Saturday, 23rd November 2019.

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