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Army Is Sued in SDNY for Torture and
Crimes Against Humanity, Delay Sought
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
May 12 – Jose Amilcar
Choto Pleitez has sued El
Salvador and a slew of
military figures, for torture,
extrajudicial killings and
other crimes against
humanity.
The lawsuit
was filed in the U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York, where it
was found in the docket by
Inner City Press which covers
the SDNY, in exile from the UN
which is increasingly inactive
on such crimes.
Jose Amilcar
Choto Pleitez now lives in
Tennessee. He states that his
son was abducted by the El
Salvador Armed Forces and
presumed tortured and killed
on February 18, 2014.
Also named
in the complaint are former
Minister of Defense General
Deavid Munguia Payes, Sergeant
Santo Manuel Coreto Ramirez of
the Sixth Military Detachment
and five soldiers.
The case
has been assigned to District
Judge Paul G. Gardephe; a May
20 initial conference was
scheduled.
Now the
plaintiffs on May 12 have
written seeking to postpone
the conference, and filed an
amended complaint.
The case is Choto
Pleitez v. Republic of El
Salvador, 21-cv-1424
(Gardephe).
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