European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes monday september 30, 1991colonel convicted of slaying jesuits san Salvador i Salvador apr a jury convicted an army colonel saturday of the 1989 murders of six jesuits their housekeeper and her daughter in a landmark human rights Case that strained  relations. The jury acquitted eight other military men charged with killing the priests but convicted a lieutenant of murdering the housekeepers daughter. The conviction of col. Guillermo Benavides 46, marked the first time that a member of the military was tried and found guilty of a human rights violation in nearly 12 years of civil War marked by repeated accusations of government torture kidnapping and murder. The nov. 16, 1989, massacre of the jesuits was considered a test for a Salvador a Justice system. The United states which financed the governments War Effort made prosecuting the Case a condition for continued Aid. Jesuit and . Observers expressed mixed sentiments about the verdict saying they believed that higher ranking officers also should be charged. A a in a not Overly bothered by the acquittal of those of Benavides lower rank though i believed there was sufficient evidence to convict them a said the Rev. Jose Maria Tojeira Jesuit provincial for Central America. A i believe it is Correct that the jury placed the blame going upward in rank and we should keep looking up the ranks for More of those responsible a Tojeira said. The three woman two Man jury which was kept hidden for fear of reprisals gave 4th criminal court judge Ricardo Zamora their verdict after a three Day trial and 5�?T/2 hours of deliberations. The defendants wearing Green fatigues with their insignia of rank and unit listened to the verdicts sitting in a Row before the judge prosecutors defense lawyers and about 100 spectators. Zamora has 30 Days to pass sentence. Benavides and it. Yus shy Mendoza who was convicted of killing 15-Ycar-old Celina Ramos face sentences of 20 to 30 years in prison. The priests were faculty of members and administrators of the Central american University. Several had Long been consid ered leftist subversives by the far right which includes Many military officers. Benavides was director of the National military College when the priests were killed on the sixth Day of a major Urban offensive by leftist rebels. The other eight defendants a including one enlisted Man who is a fugitive and was tried in absent a a were part of a 35-member detail that raided the University before Dawn. The soldiers awakened the Rector the Rev. Ignacio Ellacuria the vice Rector the Rev. Ignacio Martin Baro and four other priest professors As Well As their Domestic servant and her daughter. Five of the six priests were taken to the Yard behind their residence ordered to lie face Down and shot in the head according to accounts from witnesses and court  violence escalates around Germany Bonn Germany up a a wave of racist violence which an official described As the worst since the nazi pogrom continued to spread through Germany. Police Over the weekend reported at least 20 incidents including arson attacks against foreigners hostels. Several people were arrested including a group of skinheads who demonstrated in the Eastern German City of ecu Brandenburg waving a huge Swastika Flag shouting racist slogans and beating up two vietnamese nationals. The Liberal weekly die Cit warned that As Germany celebrated the first anniversary of its oct. 3,1990, unification the image of its people risked being that of a the ugly  in one of the latest attacks Over the weekend a school was set on fire in the Western German town of Burgh Del which served As a dormitory for refugees seeking Asylum. The fire was brought under control but police said they were forced to move the 18 foreigners to a safer location. In the Western German City of Recklin Hausen a group of Neo nazis hurled stones at the windows of a building housing Eastern european gypsies. Police said some of the stones landed in rooms where Small children were sleeping. Violent clashes Between leftist extremists and Neo nazis were reported in the Eastern German City of Cottbus. President Richard von Weizsacker expressed outrage sunday Over the latest wave of violence. He announced that he would visit several foreigners hostels later in the week. World3 executed 7 sentenced to death in Shanghai from wire reports Beijing a three people have been executed and seven others sentenced to death in a pre National Day crime sweep in Shanghai Beijing news reports said sunday. In Beijing Qiao Shi head of the communist party a committee on Security advised local officials that they a must not be lenient in dealing with serious criminal offenders a the Peoples daily reported. Each year chinese authorities round up criminals beggars and even the mentally retarded in an Effort to beautify the City and reduce crime during oct. 1 celebrations to commemorate communist Rule in  politician slain Catania Sicily a mafia gunmen shot and killed a prominent local politician saturday outside the City i All in the Catania suburb of miste Bianco police said. Police identified the assassinated politician As Paolo Arena 54, Secretary of the local Branch of the Christian democratic party. Arena was a member of the City Council and former Deputy mayor of miste Bianco a Market town two Miles West of Catania on the East coast of Sicily. Witnesses said Arena had just parked his car and was walking to the City Hall to attend a meeting when three or four gunmen Drew alongside in a car and killed him with several blasts from a  officers arrested Mexico try _ six off duty . Border patrol officers Weie nested in the Border City of Mexicali alter beating a mexican attorney who complained about their Public conduct Mexico a official news Agency said sat Day. Quot i he i Ltd cars were out of uniform and carried no weapons when they were arrested late Friday no Timex quoted Eduardo Krauss Coronel Baja California stale attorney general As saying. No Timex said the six officers were arrested in Mexicali across the Border from Calexico calif., after allegedly beating Jose Alfredo Martinez a mexican attorney who berated the officers in conduct the news Agency described Only us  rocking in Moscow two soviets sit on the shoulders of friends to get a better View at a heavy Metal concert saturday in Moscow. Half a million fans jammed the Kushino Airfield to see acc the Black crowds Metallica and Pancra play. The free concert was touted As a gift to the youth of Russia for their resistance in last months  strikers near flashpoint Ottawa apr striking Public workers Are growing angrier and More uncontrollable their Leader said and the government warned saturday that it wont bargain until they go Back on the Job. A we arc very near a flashpoint a Daryl bean president of the Public service Alliance of Canada told a news conference after angry Treasury Board officials cancelled weekend negotiations. A violence is an overstatement i Hope. I am concerned a he said. Public servants resumed a strike Friday when negotiations hit an impasse. They halted a 10-Day walkout sept. 10. The government in Ottawa has said it wont Budge from its position of a pay freeze this year and 3 percent raises in each of the next two years. On saturday Gerry Capello the Treasury boards chief negotiator delivered an ultimatum saying bargaining wont resume until Beans members return to their jobs. Bean responded by saying that the Alliance will continue to exercise its Legal right to strike. He also warned the Union is having trouble keeping its members in line. About 70,000 civil servants stayed off the Job in september. They walked Back out Friday when about 5,000 Public servants stormed parliament Hill As startled Security guards slammed heavy wooden doors. Because of the weekend few government workers would be at their posts anyway and it was unclear How Many would strike monday