SOA Watch
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
There are a couple events happening in Columbus leading up to the 30- year Commemorative Gathering at Fort Benning, Georgia! Hotel space is at a premium. Please get your rooms booked quickly. Some hotels don’t have any Read More …
Dear Friends, As members of the Illinois chapter of the SOA Watch and the broader SOAW organizing collective, we have spent decades dedicated to the movement for truth and justice. We are excited to share two Read More …
In July, an Italian appeals court sentenced 24 former officials from Bolivia, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay to life in prison for their roles in Operation Condor — a brutal and extremely deadly US-backed operation in Read More …
The Berta Caceres Human Rights in Honduras Act, HR 1945, would suspend US security aid to Honduras. Already 61 Representatives have sponsored the bill! Take action today: Step 1: Find your Representative here. Step 2: Read More …