Author: SOA Watch
Four WHINSEC graduates among those arrested for the assassination of Haitian President Moïse
Four of the former Colombian military personnel arrested for the assassination of the Haitian President were trained at WHINSEC. They took courses in counter drug operations, cadet leadership development, noncommissioned officer development and small unit Read More …
Take Action: Ask your Representative to Cosponsor the Berta Caceres Human Rights in Honduras Act
On March 3rd, five years after the assassination of visionary Indigenous rights leader Berta Caceres in Honduras, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) and 44 cosponsors reintroduced the Berta Caceres Human Rights in Honduras Act (H.R.1574). The Read More …
Cut U.S. military and police aid to Honduras!
Members of both the Senate and the House of Representatives have introduced bills in the 2021 Congress which would suspend U.S. military and security aid to Honduras until human rights violations cease and those responsible Read More …
Remembering Berta Caceres: 5 year anniversary of her assassination
5 years ago, I froze when I awoke to a message that Berta Cáceres had been murdered. I immediately called her close COPINH colleague, hoping it wouldn’t be true. But it was. Just the evening Read More …
Conviction of SOA grad for Jesuit massacre in El Salvador
On Friday, September 11, 2020, a Spanish court convicted SOA graduate Inocente Montano, a former Army Colonel and Minister of Security in El Salvador, for the November 1989 murders of five Spanish Jesuit priests — Read More …
U.S. deports Emmanuel Constant, CIA-linked death squad leader, to Haiti
On June 23, 2020, the U.S. deported Emmanuel ‘Toto’ Constant, a notorious Haitian death squad leader who was on CIA payroll, to Haiti, after years of protecting him from accountability. Constant led the brutal paramilitary Read More …
A History of Institutional Violence at the U.S. Border
When it comes to the U.S. government, no one should confuse agency size for the likelihood of accountability. For example, U.S. Border Patrol is the Department of Homeland Security’s largest federal law enforcement agency, yet Read More …
SOA-WHINSEC Graduate Database
Click here to download a searchable Excel file with names of SOA-WHINSEC graduates, their country, and course taken. Please note that the Department of Defense now refuses to publicly release the names of graduates; the Read More …
SOA/WHINSEC graduate coup in Bolivia: US-backed regime massacres demonstrators
On November 10, 2019, two-time WHINSEC graduate and Commander of the Bolivian Armed Forces, General Williams Kaliman ‘suggested’ that Bolivian President Evo Morales resign. General Kaliman’s statement came after post-election protests bolstered by a false Read More …