An arrest warrant has been issued for Álvaro Rafael Saravia, a 78 year old former army officer who is alleged to have been the trigger man who murdered Archbishop Oscar Romero while he was saying mass. Archbishop Romero has since been canonized a saint.
From Catholic News Service:
A court in San Salvador issued an arrest warrant for the man suspected of the March 24, 1980 killing of Saint Oscar Romero, who was canonized this month by Pope Francis.
The suspect is Álvaro Rafael Saravia, a 78 year old former army officer.
Charges against Saravia were dismissed in 1993 after an amnesty law prohibited criminal trials related to the country’s civil war.
In 2017, however, Judge Rigoberto Chicas reopened the case, after the amnesty law was rescinded.
Now the National Police and Interpol are charged with finding the former soldier so he can be tried for aggravated homicide.
No one else has been charged in connection with Romero’s death.
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