SAN SALVADOR (AP) - El Salvador's president says the country will award its highest honor to six Jesuit priests murdered by the army in 1989.
President Mauricio Funes says the National Order of Jose Matias Delgado awards are a "public act of atonement" for mistakes by past governments.
The killings sparked international outrage and tarnished the image of U.S. anti-communism efforts after it was found that some of the soldiers involved received training at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Funes made the announcement on Tuesday.
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