Colonel Sigifredo Ochoa Pérez Speaks In Sesuntepeque, Cabañas

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Description: Colonel Sigifredo Ochoa Pérez, former commander of the counterinsurgency unit Destacamiento Militar 2 and current head of the Fourth Brigade, speaks at a public gathering in Sensuntepeque, El Salvador, September 30, 1984. In 2015, the release of CIA documents related to the armed conflict proved Ochoa's command responsibility in the November 1981 massacre of the civilian population of Santa Cruz in the department of Cabañas. In December of 2019 he was placed under investigation in Salvadoran court for corruption charges related to his role as ambassador to Honduras from 2005-2009.

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Title: Colonel Sigifredo Ochoa Pérez Speaks In Sesuntepeque, Cabañas
Creator(s): Nickelsberg, Robert
Created: 1984-09-30
Topical Subject(s): Central America ; El Salvador ; Civil war ; Military ; Counterinsurgency ; Military aid ; United States foreign policy ; Human rights violations ; Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) ; Sigifredo Ochoa Pérez
Subject(s) -- Personal Name: Sigifredo Ochoa Pérez
Continent: North and Central America
Country: El Salvador
First Order Political Division: Cabañas
City: Sensuntepeque
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0120_web.tif
URI / Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96248

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