San Salvador Trials

San Salvador Trials
Court	Imperial Court of Justice
Full case name	Imperio de Creeperópolis v. Marcos Martínez Castro, Miguel Salinas Ortega, José Bolívar Aguirre, y Mariano Alcocer Fraga
Decided	December 24, 1949
Case history
Related action(s)	Adolfosburg Trials, La'Libertad Trials, Salvador Trials
Court membership
Judges sitting	Romero II Alfonso Cabañeras Moreno Máximo Illescas Freixa Antonio Sáenz Heredia Carlos Castillo Armas Uxio Aponte Avellaneda Óscar Benavides Larrea
Case opinions
Decision by	Romero II, joined by unanimous

Imperio de Creeperópolis v. Marcos Martínez Castro, Miguel Salinas Ortega, José Bolívar Aguirre, y Mariano Alcocer Fraga, commonly called the San Salvador Trials (Creeperian: Juicios de San Salvador), was the most significant series of trials in Creeperian history. Overseen by the Imperial Court of Justice, the San Salvador Trials were held from October 4, 1949, until December 24, 1949.

The San Salvador Trials tried the four most senior leaders of the National Council for Peace and Order from the Creeperian Civil War: Marcos Martínez Castro, Miguel Salinas Ortega, José Bolívar Aguirre, and Mariano Alcocer Fraga, all of whom were captured during the Battle of the Zapatista River, the final battle of the Creeperian Civil War.

Origin

Further information: Creeperian Civil War

From January 2, 1933, until September 30, 1949, the Creeperian Civil War raged between the Catholic Imperial Restoration Council, commonly called the Romerists, and the National Council for Peace and Order, commonly called the Miguelists. The Romerists advocated for a Creeperian Catholic Fascist government while the Miguelists advocated for an Athiest Communist government. The Catholic Imperial Restoration Council arose victorious by decisively defeating the National Council for Peace and Order on September 30, 1949.

Creation of the Court

Main article: Imperial Court of Justice

The victorious Catholic Imperial Restoration Council established the Imperial Court of Justice to try the leaders of the National Council for Peace and Order on October 4, 1949.

Participants

Seven judges were appointed and each of the seven charges presented had its own prosecutor. There were four defendants.

Judges

Emperor Romero II, Minister of Defense Alfonso Cabañeras Moreno, Chief Mayor Máximo Illescas Freixa, Mayor Antonio Sáenz Heredia, Mayor Ramón Serrano Suñer, Field Marshal Carlos Castillo Armas, and Field Marshal Uxio Aponte Avellaneda. Sources have claimed the court was a kangaroo court.

Photo	Name	Office(s)
	Romero II	Emperor of Creeperopolis and the Creeperans, Holy Protector of the State of the Church, Emperor of El Salvador, King of Senvar.
	Alfonso Cabañeras Moreno	Minister of Defense of Creeperopolis, Supreme Caudillo of the Creeperian Army, Chief of the National Intelligence Directorate.
	Máximo Illescas Freixa	Chief Mayor of the Council of Mayors, former Chairman of the National Conservative Party, former Prime Minister of Creeperopolis.
	Antonio Sáenz Heredia	Mayor of Nuevo Xichútepa, Secretary of the Creeperian Initiaive, former Caudillo of the Catholic Royalist Party, former Chairman of the Catholic Royalist Party, former Duumvir of the Catholic Royalist Party, former Triumvir of the Catholic Royalist Party, former Prime Minister of Creeperopolis.
	Ramón Serrano Suñer	Mayor of Citalá and former Duumvir of the Catholic Royalist Party.
	Carlos Castillo Armas	Field Marshal of the Salvadoran Army, Regent Grand Prince of El Salvador, Regional Commander of El Salvador, leader of the Salvadoran Provisional Government of National Accord.
	Uxio Aponte Avellaneda	Field Marshal of the Atlántidan Army.

Prosecutors

1. Alexander Sánchez Molina
2. Paúl Sáenz Mina
3. José XI
4. Óscar Benavides Larrea
5. Tomás Alemán Prats
6. Carlos Hernández Videla
7. Pío XII

The Trial

The day the military tribunal was formed, its members selected the four men which would be put on trial for the San Salvador Trials: self-proclaimed Emperor Marcos Martínez Castro (called Marcos I), Field Marshal Miguel Salinas Ortega, Field Marshal José Bolívar Aguirre, and General-Secretary Mariano Alcocer Fraga.

The indictments were:

1. Violating the Constitution of Creeperopolis
2. Participating in De-Catholization
3. Participating in the Red Terror
4. Crimes Against Humanity
5. War Crimes
6. Apostasy
7. Murder of Romero I

The ruling types were:

1. I - Indicted but found innocent
2. G - Indicted and found guilty
3. — - Not Charged

Photo	Name	Count							Penalty	Notes
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Marcos Martínez Castro	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	Death	Self-proclaimed Emperor of Creeperopolis, leader of the National Council for Peace and Order, successor of Miguel Martínez Galdámez.
	Miguel Salinas Ortega	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	Death	Minister of Defense of the National Council for Peace and Order, successor of Juan Salinas Figueroa, Supreme Caudillo of the Miguelist Army.
	José Bolívar Aguirre	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	Death	Field Marshal of the Miguelist Army.
	Mariano Alcocer Fraga	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	Death	General-Secretary of the Atheist Red Army.

Anonymous Re-Trial

In 2003, an anonymous source published a self-declared "unbiased re-trial" of the defendants of the San Salvador Trials. The anonymous source cited that they cannot be tried for violating a Constitution which was not in effect and that many of the crimes placed on Marcos Martínez Castro and José Bolívar Aguirre were baselessly accused. The source was denounced and censored by the Creeperian government.

Photo	Name	Count							Penalty	Notes
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Marcos Martínez Castro	—	I	I	I	I	—	I	Release	Self-proclaimed Emperor of Creeperopolis, leader of the National Council for Peace and Order, successor of Miguel Martínez Galdámez.
	Miguel Salinas Ortega	—	G	G	G	G	—	I	Life imprisonment	Minister of Defense of the National Council for Peace and Order, successor of Juan Salinas Figueroa, Supreme Caudillo of the Miguelist Army.
	José Bolívar Aguirre	—	I	I	I	I	—	I	Release	Field Marshal of the Miguelist Army.
	Mariano Alcocer Fraga	—	G	G	G	G	—	—	50 years imprisonment	General-Secretary of the Atheist Red Army.

Executions

The trial ended in all the defendants being found guilty on all charges on December 24, 1949. The execution date was schedualed for December 25, 1949, Christmas Day. On December 25, 1949, Marcos Martínez Castro, Miguel Salinas Ortega, José Bolívar Aguirre, and Mariano Alcocer Fraga were all crucified and burned alive in front of the San Salvador Imperial Palace for civilians to watch.

See Also

• Imperial Court of Justice
• Adolfosburg Trials
• La'Libertad Trials
• Salvador Trials
• White Terror
• Red Terror
• Black Terror