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José Guillermo García was a general of the military of El Salvador during the Salvadoran Civil War. He emigrated to the United States in 1989. He was sued, along with Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova, in the federal court based in Miami in two precedent-setting legal actions:
- 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. Garcia's defense won the case, and the families appealed. Their appeal was denied, and in 2003, the United States Supreme Court refused to hear further proceedings.
- Ramagoza v. Garcia, a lawsuit by survivors of torture during the Salvadoran Civil War. Garcia lost, and a judgment of over $54 million (U.S.) was entered against him and his co-defendant, and upheld on appeal.
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