Prisoner Releases El Salvador

A judge ordered conditional freedom for three of five national guardsmen convicted of killing four U.S. religious workers in 1980. The release had been expected after a new law to reduce prison overcrowding took effect in April. Judge Gloria Platero said Daniel Canales Ramirez, Jose Roberto Moreno Canjura and Luis Colindres were eligible for immediate parole because, when time for good behavior is calculated, they have served two-thirds of their 30-year sentences.

A judge ordered conditional freedom for three of five national guardsmen convicted of killing four U.S. religious workers in 1980. The release had been expected after a new law to reduce prison overcrowding took effect in April. Judge Gloria Platero said Daniel Canales Ramirez, Jose Roberto Moreno Canjura and Luis Colindres were eligible for immediate parole because, when time for good behavior is calculated, they have served two-thirds of their 30-year sentences.

Church worker Jennifer Jean Casolo, expelled from El Salvador after spending 18 days in jail on accusations of stockpiling weapons for leftist rebels, speculated Thursday that her arrest was "part of a whole action to stop the work of the churches in El Salvador." At a news conference at La Guardia Airport, Casolo, 28, tearfully declared again--as she has since her arrest Nov.

Two army officers convicted in the 1989 murders of six Jesuit priests, their cook and her daughter were released from prison Thursday as part of a new blanket amnesty sponsored by President Alfredo Cristiani. In response to U.S. pressure, however, government officials now say the amnesty, decreed last month for all Salvadorans guilty of war crimes, will not be granted to leftist guerrillas who killed U.S. servicemen during the conflict. The officers convicted in the Jesuits' murders, Col.

Two army officers convicted in the 1989 murders of six Jesuit priests, their cook and her daughter were released from prison Thursday as part of a new blanket amnesty sponsored by President Alfredo Cristiani. In response to U.S. pressure, however, government officials now say the amnesty, decreed last month for all Salvadorans guilty of war crimes, will not be granted to leftist guerrillas who killed U.S. servicemen during the conflict. The officers convicted in the Jesuits' murders, Col.

Church worker Jennifer Jean Casolo, expelled from El Salvador after spending 18 days in jail on accusations of stockpiling weapons for leftist rebels, speculated Thursday that her arrest was "part of a whole action to stop the work of the churches in El Salvador." At a news conference at La Guardia Airport, Casolo, 28, tearfully declared again--as she has since her arrest Nov.