Atlacatl Battalion With Captured ERP Prisoner

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Description: Lieutenant Colonel Domingo Monterrosa speaks with a wounded guerrilla from the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo, ERP, captured during a military operation by the rapid reaction military unit the Atlacatl Battalion in San Miguel department, El Salvador, August 23, 1983. The United Nations Truth Commission for El Salvador named the Atlacatl Battalion under Monterrosa's command as responsible for the massacre of nearly 1,000 civilians in 1981 in El Mozote, Morazán department, considered the worst massacre in modern Latin American history.
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Title
Atlacatl Battalion With Captured ERP Prisoner
Creator(s)
Nickelsberg, Robert
Created
1983-08-23
Topical Subject(s)
Central America ; El Salvador ; Civil war ; Military ; Counterinsurgency ; Military aid ; Human rights violations ; Atlacatl Battalion ; Domingo Monterrosa
Subject(s) -- Personal Name
Domingo Monterrosa
Continent
North and Central America
Country
El Salvador
First Order Political Division
San Miguel
Rights Statement
Copyright 1983 Robert Nickelsberg
Local Identifier
elsalvador_nb_0249_web.tif
URI / Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96377

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