Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova

Biography:

Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova was head of the Salvadoran national guard and later defense minister. He was sued in the federal civil court of Miami Florida in the United States in two precedent-setting cases. The cases are referred to by the surname of his co-defendant José Guillermo García: Ford v. Garcia a lawsuit by the families of four Catholic churchwomen who were murdered by a Salvadoran military death squad on December 2 1980. The defense won the case and the families appealed.