Environmentalists acquitted after contentious murder trial in El Salvador
by Agence-France Presse in Sensuntepeque from Environment | The Guardian on (#6RKA7)
Former guerillas were accused of 1989 killing, but supporters say government wants to intimidate activists
Six former guerrillas, whose trial for a civil war-era murder was criticised by fellow environmentalists as politicised, have been acquitted by a court in El Salvador.
Prosecutors had sought up to 36 years in prison for the former rebels of the hard-left Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front.
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