René Emilio Ponce

René Emilio Ponce
Born 1947
Sensuntepeque, El Salvador
Died May 2, 2011
San Salvador, El Salvador
Education Capitán General Gerardo Barrios military school
Employer Salvadoran Government,
Salvadoran Army
Known for The murdered scholars of UCA
& other war atrocities
Title General

René Emilio Ponce (1947 – May 2, 2011) was a senior military officer in the Salvadoran Army during the nation's civil war, and minister of defense from 1990 to 1993. As head of the army’s joint chiefs of staff he was linked to the killing of six Jesuit priests in 1989, known as the murdered scholars of UCA. Ponce died on May 2, 2011 at a military hospital in San Salvador.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ René Emilio Ponce, El Salvador General Linked to Priests’ Murders, Dies at 64
  2. ↑ Rene Emilio Ponce dies at 64
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