Court in El Salvador declares "in absentia" community leaders and orders their capture

A sentencing court in El Salvador has declared “in absentia” five community and environmental leaders, ordering their arrest for an alleged homicide committed during the civil war (1980-1992). The arrest has not yet been carried out, according to sources from an NGO. Leaders are facing a new trial on April 9 for the alleged murder of a woman in 1989, after her initial trial was postponed in February due to the absence of the accused. The leaders…