'Lawyer' for US missionaries in Haiti is arrested (AP via Yahoo! News)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:45:48 GMT
A fugitive who once acted as the lawyer for a group of U.S. Baptist missionaries accused of kidnapping 33 Haitian children was arrested on human-trafficking charges, authorities said Friday.
Adviser to missionaries in Haiti kidnap case is arrested (CNN)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:25:28 GMT
A man who advised 10 American Baptist missionaries accused of kidnapping 33 Haitian children after the earthquake there was arrested Thursday night in the Dominican Republic and accused of human trafficking, officials said Friday.
Adviser to Americans Jailed in Haiti Is Arrested (International Herald Tribune)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:31:20 GMT
Dominican officials said that they arrested Jorge Torres Puello, who faces charges in the U.S. and El Salvador.
Adviser to Americans Jailed in Haiti Is Arrested (New York Times)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:30:44 GMT
Dominican authorities said that they arrested Jorge Torres Puello, who acted as a legal adviser for a group of U.S. church members who had been detained in Haiti on child abduction charges.
Dominican Republic arrests man sought in child trafficking (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:30:32 GMT
Dominican police have arrested a man linked to US missionaries trying to take children out of Haiti who also is sought for exploitation of minors and other charges in three countries, officials said Friday.
[ENS] EL SALVADOR: IARCA primate, two others survive gunfire / Joy and sadness greet news of Glasspo (mdavies [ENS] EL ... (Worldwide Faith News)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:41:05 GMT
[Episcopal News Service] Leadership development, service, evangelism, peace and justice advocacy, immigration, Twitter and Facebook are just some of the topics up for discussion Sept. 15-18 when the first assembly of Coalicin de Episcopales Latinos gathers in Arizona. The newly created Coalition of Episcopal Latinos or CEL aims to expand the Latino/Hispanic voice and establish a collaborative ...
Remembering Archbishop Oscar Romera (MyCentralJersey.com)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:10:46 GMT
It is 30 years now (March 24, 1980) since Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador, an outspoken critic of government oppression, was brutally shot dead while saying Mass at a small chapel.
Impunity Continues in Murders of Environmental Organizers in El Salvador (The Narco News Bulletin)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:16:11 GMT
The blood from three murders has stained Salvadoran land. The murderers? They reek of gold and silver.
Remarks by President Obama and President Funes of El Salvador after Meeting (The White House)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:22:44 GMT
Oval Office 3:56 P.M. EST PRESIDENT OBAMA: Hello, everybody. I want to welcome President Funes and the First Lady of El Salvador to the United States. Bienvenido. We are very grateful and honored by his visit. I’ve been following the President since his election nine months ago and have been very favorably impressed by the steps that he’s taking to try to break down political divisions ...
Sarah Stephens: Why should we care about El Salvador? (The Huffington Post)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:29:57 GMT
Today, President Obama welcomes Mauricio Funes, the president of El Salvador, in what is his first meeting with a Central American head of state at...
