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"A tale told well that provides valuable insights into the motives and modus operandi of the death squads in El Salvador, and of the financiers who commissioned and facilitated such crimes. It als...
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"A tale told well that provides valuable insights into the motives and modus operandi of the death squads in El Salvador, and of the financiers who commissioned and facilitated such crimes. It also highlights the difficulties that face those who pursue such cases many years after the crimes have taken place."—New York Review of Books
 
On March 24, 1980, the assassination of El Salvador’s Archbishop Óscar Romero rocked that nation and the world. Despite the efforts of many in El Salvador and beyond, those responsible for Romero’s murder remained unpunished for their heinous crime. Assassination of a Saint is the thrilling story of an international team of lawyers, private investigators, and human-rights experts that fought to bring justice for the slain hero. Matt Eisenbrandt, a lawyer who was part of the investigative team, recounts in this gripping narrative how he and his colleagues interviewed eyewitnesses and former members of death squads while searching for evidence on those who financed them. As investigators worked toward the only court verdict ever reached for the murder of the martyred archbishop, they uncovered information with profound implications for El Salvador and the United States.

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Price: $95.00
Pages: 256
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Publication Date: 24 January 2017
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780520286795
Format: Hardcover
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"Our Favorite Books of 2016: Part detective story, part historical reminiscence, it shows the reader how hard it is to prosecute such cases, and why so many human rights violators go unpunished."

Matt Eisenbrandt is a U.S-trained human-rights attorney who has devoted his career to finding legal means to prosecute war crimes. In the early 2000s, he served as the Center for Justice and Accountability’s Legal Director and a member of the trial team against one of Óscar Romero’s killers. Now based in Canada, Matt is a special consultant to Camp Fiorante Matthews Mogerman on the law firm’s business and human rights cases. He is also a special advisor to the Canadian Centre for International Justice, where he previously served as Legal Director.

 

Preface
Introduction
Photos
Key Figures
Maps

1 • “Informational Goulash”: Prior Investigations of the Romero Assassination
2 • “In Violation of the Law of Nations”: The Romero Assassination Comes to the United States
3 • “The Enemy Comes from Our People”: Coffee, Anti-Communism, and the Death Squads
4 • “The Door of History”: Archbishop Romero and the Catholic Church in El Salvador
5 • “A Bed to Drop Dead In”: The Search for Álvaro Saravia and the Death Squad Financiers
6 • “ARENA’s Achilles’ Heel”: Our First Trip to El Salvador
7 • Baby Robbers, Mad Bombers, and Other Assorted Criminals: Saravia’s Escape to Miami Brings U.S. Foreign Policy Full Circle
8 • “You’re Making a Lot of Noise”: Looking for Evidence on the Death Squad Financiers
9 • “You Know Better Than to Ask That”: The Search for the Getaway Driver
10 • “A Rabid Anti-Communist”: Meeting Witnesses from the ARENA Party
11 • “We Don’t Have a Clue What the Hell Is Going On”: The Continuing Hunt for Saravia and Insider Witnesses
12 • “God Forgive Me for What I’m Going to Do”: An Insider Goes on the Record
13 • “There Must Have Been a Thousand Romeros”: Final Interviews and Trial Preparation
14 • “Of a Magnitude That Is Hardly Describable”: The Romero Assassination Case Goes to Trial
15 • “The Fleas Always Stick to the Skinniest Dog”: The Verdict’s Impact on Saravia

Epilogue
Afterword, by Benjamín Cuéllar
Acknowledgments
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index