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- ↑ Informe de la Comisión de la Verdad para El Salvador, 15. März 1993 The Truth Commission Report to the United Nations, ILLUSTRATIVE CASE: THE MURDERS OF THE JESUIT PRIESTS Archived 2009-05-09 at the Wayback Machine