Robert White, Ambassador to El Salvador, at the burial-site of the murdered American Maryknoll nuns. 1982
Corpses of the assassinated Maryknoll nuns are exhumed. 1980
Corpses of the assassinated Maryknoll nuns are exhumed. 1980
Corpses of the assassinated Maryknoll nuns are exhumed. 1980
"How U.S. Actions Helped Hide Abuses in Salvador," The New York Times, March 21, 1993
When news of the Maryknoll murders became public, the U.S. goverment was pressured to investigate. Initial investigations were accused of white-washing details of the crime, and eventually the United Nations established a Truth Commission to determine who was responsible and who had been involved in the attempted cover-up. In 1984, several low-level Salvadorean National Guardsmen were convicted and two Salvadorean Generals were sued in U.S. Federal Courts by the women's families.
Report on the Maryknoll Nuns, The New York Times, July 22, 1998.