... On the 24th the Legislative Assembly named Astor Escalante Attorney General. Escalante was interim Attorney General in El Salvador for a number of months in 2009, including during time between Marcelo ...
... of similarly deplorable crimes: the disappearance, torture and murder of environmentalist Marcelo Rivera; the death threats against members of Radio Victoria; the kidnapping and assassination attempts ...
... that the trial was still ongoing. He added, however, that two witnesses gave statements indicating there was allegedly a history of problems between the families. The killing of Marcelo Rivera, another ...
... out thorough investigations in Cabañas, and that while there have been some arrests in the cases of murdered environmentalist Marcelo Rivera, and now the Trinidad victims, the fact that death threats, ...
... the last of which was eight months pregnant.
The crimes were widely denounced and, according to the CAC, the only reason for the crimes was to silence environmentalists. Previously, Marcelo Rivera, ...
... de varios casos serios que se llevan a cabo, me gustaría llamarle la atención a la importancia de darle seguimiento a la investigación del caso de Gustavo Marcelo Rivera Moreno. Como quizás sepa, Señor ...
... to the mineral mining conflict was the disappearance and later murder of Professor Gustavo Marcelo Rivera in the municipality of San Isidro in June 2009. Rivera was a well known leader against mineral ...
... victims believe there could be ties to the company or company supporters.
*Marcelo Rivera’s body was found at the bottom a well in July of 2009 showing signs of torture. He was a vocal opponent to mining ...
... supporters and those who opposed mining. The violence in Cabañas that has already taken six lives- among them those of three environmentalists: Marcelo Rivera, Ramiro Rivera and Dora Sorto- is due to ...