Assassination of a Saint : The Plot to Murder Óscar Romero and the Quest to Bring His Killers to Justice / Matt Eisenbrandt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eisenbrandt, Matt, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Romero, Óscar A. (Óscar Arnulfo), Saint, 1917-1980--Assassination.

Romero, Óscar A.

Violence--El Salvador.

Violence.

El Salvador--Politics and government--1979-1992.

El Salvador.

El Salvador--Foreign relations--United States.

United States--Foreign relations--El Salvador.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

";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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

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 Th at 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 / Cuéllar, Benjamín

Acknowledgments

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

9780520961890

0520961897

OCLC:

957057152