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El Salvador Most memorable Civil War Massacres
Due to the inequality of the wealth distribution between the citizens of El Salvador during the late1880, a group of indigenous was led to the governmental building to express their discontent by Augustin Faranbundo Marti. They were met by a military forced that killed more than 30,000 people. This massive killing marked the beginning of what it was later known as the El Salvador Civil war. This timeline lists some of the most memorable massacres from 1932 to 1989. -
LA MATANZA
Due to the oppressions from the then President Maximiliano Hernadez Martinez, the peasant decided to upraise against the government. The revolt was a combination of strikers and insurgency which ended in the killing of more than 30,000 civilians which where mostly indigenous people. Such an event will set the tone that the government maintained for decades. http://inciudadobrera.blogspot.com/p/imagenes-de-la-masacre-de-1932.html -
STUDENT MASSACRE
On July 30, 1975, high school and University students met at the University of El Salvador in a peaceful protest. They were protesting against the closure of their university, nevertheless, they were greeted by police and the National Guard who opened fire with automatic weapons and dropped gas bombs in which dozens of were killed and injured. https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/massacre-el-salvador/ -
Archbishop Oscar Romero Assasination
One of the most important event during the civil war was the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero. A month after publishing a letter to the USA asking to stop aiding the oppressively military government. The Archbishop was killed while celebrating a Mass a day after he asked Salvadorean soldiers to not obey the order to kill civilians. https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/archbishop-oscar-romero-becomes-a-saint-but-his-death-still-haunts-el-salvador -
SUMPUL RIVER MASSACRE
The Sumpul River was a mass murder that was carried by the pro-government paramilitaries in order to disrupt the activities of the FMLN.
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EL MOZOTE MASSCRE
Carried out by the Atlacatl Battalion of The Salvadorian Army 800 to 1000 residents of the El Mozote neighboring villages were killed. The radicals not only used guns, and grenades' to killed the civilians, they also beheaded many of them. https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/december-11-1981-the-salvadoran-army-murders-more-than-800-civilians-in-el-mozote/ -
SANTA RITA MASSACRE
The Atonal Battalion occurred near Santa Rita, Chalatenango. Soldiers of the Battalion attacked and killed four Dutch journalist while fighting against the guerrilla from the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front(FMLN). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumpul_River -
The Martyrs
In November 16, 1989, the Salvadorian military Atlacatl battalion executed six jesuits, a housekeeper and her daughters. This event brought attention to the Salvadorian war from other nations. https://dppucryp3i-flywheel.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/jesuitmartyrs.jpg
