Center on Wrongful Convictions

IGNACIO VARELA

Because he didn't speak English, Ignacio Varela was convicted of a murder he did not commit

Ignacio Varela and three members of his family — Rogelio Arroyo, Isauro Sanchez, and Joaquin Varela — were convicted in 1982 of a quadruple murder on the near northwest side of Chicago they did not commit. For details see Rogelio Arroyo.