Mothers Of The Disappeared Protest On Anniversary Of Archbishop Romero's Death
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Members of the organization Comadres protest on the anniversary of Archbishop Óscar Romero's death in San Salvador, El Salvador, March 24, 1984. Comadres is a committee of mothers and relatives of prisoners, the disappeared and the politically assassinated of El Salvador. It was established in December 1977 with the help of Archbishop Óscar Romero. Archbishop Romero spoke out against the increasing violence and economic inequality sustained by the Salvadoran state regime and was murdered during mass on March 24, 1980 by a right-wing death squad under the orders of Roberto D’Aubuisson.
