legal efforts of the Center for Justice and Accountability, is closely monitoring this case. 26 Meanwhile there has been no official ruling regarding how and when the U.S. will respond to Spain's request for extradition of Montano. 27 Source: Latin American Herald Tribune Without justice for those responsible for this egregious crime against humanity, Salvadorans will continue to feel that justice will elude their hopes to move beyond their pain and heal from the long-term impunity that has been granted to some of the most senior military officers. As Bessy Blanco, member of the Salvadoran Lawyers Association, based in the US, points out, "the trial of those military persons who were involved in the Jesuit case would be the beginning of the healing process the Salvadoran society needs to move forward." Although successful legal proceedings are an important part of conflict resolution, the ultimate key for reconciliation will undoubtedly be the achievement of the sort of social and economic change that Ellacura so eloquently articulated during his life and which continues to motivate a new generation of Salvadoran patriots. Kate Hayden, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs Frederick B. Mills, Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs Please accept this article as a free contribution from COHA, but if re-posting, please afford authorial and institutional attribution. Exclusive rights can be negotiated . Sources: 1 For the definitive book on this case see Doggert, Martha (1993). Death Foretold: The Jesuit Murders in El Salvador. Washington DC: Georgetown