What's wrong with this story?

The hypocrisy.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Daniel Alvarado said he was kidnapped by government agents in El Salvador, hung blindfolded from a ceiling, shocked with electrical wires and repeatedly beaten. More than two decades later, a federal jury in Tennessee has held a former Salvadoran Army colonel responsible for the torture.
Nicolas Carranza, 72, failed to stop crimes against humanity when he was a top commander of El Salvador's security forces, the jury found Friday. He was held responsible in civil claims by Alvarado and three others who said they were tortured or that their family members were killed by soldiers under Carranza's command.
... Carranza was ordered to pay $500,000 to each accuser, plus $4 million in punitive damages - $1 million each.
... Carranza was sued under U.S. laws giving federal courts jurisdiction over civil claims of human rights abuses abroad.

On appeal, maybe Carranza can demonstrate that the CIA slipped him some cash, grandfathering him into their torture exemption.