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- Title
- The Atlacatl Battalion Advances In Tenancingo
- Date
- 1983-09-27
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A soldier from the Atlacatl Battalion advances during a military operation in pursuit of guerrillas from the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, in Tenancingo, El Salvador, September 27, 1983. The Atlacatl Battalion was trained at Ft. Bragg in the United States by U.S. Special Forces as the first Salvadoran rapid response counterinsurgency battalion and was implicated in some of the most infamous human rights violations of the twelve-year armed conflict.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Human rights violations; Atlacatl Battalion
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0133_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96261
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- Title
- The Atlacatl Battalion Advances In Tenancingo
- Date
- 1983-09-27
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Soldiers from the Atlacatl Battalion advance during a military operation in pursuit of guerrillas from the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, in Tenancingo, El Salvador, September 27, 1983. Rapid reaction battalions were trained in counterinsurgency tactics to combat guerrilla warfare and were designed and funded by the United States military. Over the course of the civil war from 1980-1992, the United States sent more than $6 billion to the Salvadoran government in economic and military aid.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Human rights violations; United States foreign policy; Atlacatl Battalion
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0261_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96389
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- Title
- Atlacatl Battalion In Pursuit Of FMLN Guerrillas In Tenancingo
- Date
- 1983-09-27
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A wounded soldier, center, from the Atlacatl Battalion is evacuated by soldiers during a military operation in pursuit of guerrillas from the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, in Tenancingo, El Salvador, September 27, 1983. Rapid reaction battalions were trained in counterinsurgency tactics to combat guerrilla warfare and were designed and funded by the United States military. The Atlacatl Battalion was implicated in some of the most infamous human rights violations of the twelve-year armed conflict.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Human rights violations; United States foreign policy; Cold War; Atlacatl Battalion
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0003_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96131
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- Title
- The Atlacatl Battalion In Tenancingo
- Date
- 1983-09-27
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Soldiers from the Atlacatl Battalion advance during a military operation in pursuit of guerrillas from the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, in Tenancingo, El Salvador, September 27, 1983. The Atlacatl Battalion was trained at Ft. Bragg in the United States by U.S. Special Forces as the first Salvadoran rapid response counterinsurgency battalion and was implicated in some of the most infamous human rights violations of the twelve-year armed conflict.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Human rights violations; Atlacatl Battalion
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0307_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96435
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- Title
- The Atlacatl Battalion In Tenancingo
- Date
- 1983-09-27
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A soldier from the Atlacatl Battalion moves along a dirt road during a military operation in pursuit of guerrillas from the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, in Tenancingo, El Salvador, September 27, 1983. The Atlacatl Battalion was trained at Ft. Bragg in the United States by U.S. Special Forces as the first Salvadoran rapid response counterinsurgency battalion and was implicated in some of the most infamous human rights violations of the twelve-year armed conflict.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Human rights violations; Atlacatl Battalion
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0259_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96387
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- Title
- The Atlacatl Battalion In Tenancingo
- Date
- 1983-09-27
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A soldier from the Atlacatl Battalion advances during a military operation in pursuit of guerrillas from the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, in Tenancingo, El Salvador, September 27, 1983. Lack of opportunity for social and economic ascension led many young Salvadorans towards military inscription.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Human rights violations; United States foreign policy; Atlacatl Battalion
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0262_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96390
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- Title
- The Atlacatl Battalion In Tenancingo
- Date
- 1983-09-27
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- A wounded officer from the Atlacatl Battalion is evacuated by fellow soldiers during a military operation in pursuit of guerrillas from the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, in Tenancingo, El Salvador, September 27, 1983. The twelve-year armed conflict would claim over 75,000 lives before peace negotiations concluded in 1992.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Human rights violations; United States foreign policy; Atlacatl Battalion
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0263_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96391
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- Title
- Civilians Flee Fighting In Tenancingo
- Date
- 1983-09-27
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Local residents move their belongings before an assault by the Atlacatl Battalion as soldiers advance during a military operation in pursuit of FMLN guerrillas in Tenancingo, El Salvador, September 27, 1983. Residents would eventually return to their homes and farms. The country was engaged in a twelve-year civil war between successive authoritarian regimes, backed by the United States, and the guerrilla coalition Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN. The conflict would claim over 75,000 lives before peace negotiations concluded in 1992.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Human rights violations; United States foreign policy; Daily life; Atlacatl Battalion
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0264_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96392
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- Title
- Civilians Flee Fighting In Tenancingo
- Date
- 1983-09-27
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Local residents move their belongings before an assault by the Atlacatl Battalion in pursuit of guerrillas from the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, FMLN, in Tenancingo, El Salvador, September 27, 1983. Residents would eventually return to their homes and farms. The Atlacatl Battalion was trained at Ft. Bragg in the United States by U.S. Special Forces as the first rapid response counterinsurgency battalion and was implicated in some of the most infamous human rights violations of the twelve-year armed conflict.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Human rights violations; Civilian casualties; Daily life; Atlacatl Battalion
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0267_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96395
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- Title
- Civilians Flee Fighting In Tenancingo
- Date
- 1983-09-27
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Local residents move their belongings before an assault by the Atlacatl Battalion as soldiers advance in pursuit of guerrillas from the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, in Tenancingo, El Salvador, September 27, 1983. Residents would eventually return to their homes and farms. The country was engaged in a twelve-year civil war between successive authoritarian regimes, backed by the United States, and the FMLN guerrilla coalition. The conflict would claim over 75,000 lives before peace negotiations concluded in 1992.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Human rights violations; Insurgency; Daily life; Atlacatl Battalion; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0049_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96177
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- Title
- Civilians Flee Fighting In Tenancingo
- Date
- 1983-09-27
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Local residents move their belongings before an assault by the Atlacatl Battalion in pursuit of guerrillas from the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, FMLN, in Tenancingo, El Salvador, September 27, 1983. Residents would eventually return to their homes and farms. The Atlacatl Battalion was trained at Ft. Bragg in the United States by U.S. Special Forces as the first rapid response counterinsurgency battalion and was implicated in some of the most infamous human rights violations of the twelve-year armed conflict.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Human rights violations; Civilian casualties; Daily life
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_ct_0273_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96466
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- Title
- Civilians Flee Fighting In Tenancingo
- Date
- 1983-09-27
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Local residents move their belongings before an assault by the Atlacatl Battalion as soldiers advance in pursuit of guerrillas from the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, in Tenancingo, El Salvador, September 27, 1983. Residents would eventually return to their homes and farms. The country was engaged in a twelve-year civil war between successive authoritarian regimes, backed by the United States, and the FMLN guerrilla coalition. The conflict would claim over 75,000 lives before peace negotiations concluded in 1992.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Human rights violations; Insurgency; Daily life; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_ct_0163_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96630
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- Title
- FMLN Guerrillas In Tenancingo, El Salvador
- Date
- 1983-06-01
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Stone barriers placed by guerrillas from the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, block the main road near Tenancingo, El Salvador, June 1, 1983. Disrupting the transportation of commercial goods on major highways was one of several types of insurgency campaigns employed by the guerrillas against state economic infrastructure. It also proved successful in reducing the mobility of the Salvadoran Armed Forces and paramilitary forces.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Economy; Development; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0062_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96190
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- Title
- John Hoagland In Tenancingo, El Salvador
- Date
- 1983-09-27
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Photographer John Hoagland (1947-1984) observes soldiers from the Atlacatl Battalion advance during a military operation in Tenancingo, El Salvador, September 27, 1983. Hoagland, a contract photographer for Newsweek magazine, was shot and killed by the Salvadoran army in crossfire during an ambush by guerrillas from the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, on March 16, 1984 in Suchitoto, El Salvador.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Journalism; Foreign correspondents; Civilian casualties; Military; Military aid; Counterinsurgency; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Human rights violations; Atlacatl Battalion; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN); John Hoagland
- Country
- El Salvador
- Subject -- Personal Name
- John Hoagland
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0037_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96165
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- Title
- John Hoagland In Tenancingo, El Salvador
- Date
- 1983-09-27
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Photographer John Hoagland (1947-1984) observes soldiers from the Atlacatl Battalion advance during a military operation in Tenancingo, El Salvador, September 27, 1983. Ivan Montecinos, a photographer for United Press International (UPI), stands behind Hoagland. Hoagland, a contract photographer for Newsweek magazine, was shot and killed by the Salvadoran army in crossfire during an ambush by guerrillas from the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, on March 16, 1984 in Suchitoto, El Salvador.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Journalism; Foreign correspondents; Civilian casualties; Military; Military aid; Counterinsurgency; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Human rights violations; Atlacatl Battalion; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN); John Hoagland
- Country
- El Salvador
- Subject -- Personal Name
- John Hoagland; Ivan Montecinos
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0038_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96166
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- Title
- Journalists Interview Fleeing Residents In Tenancingo
- Date
- 1983-09-27
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Journalists interview local residents as they move their belongings before an assault by the Atlacatl Battalion during a military operation in pursuit of guerrillas from the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, in Tenancingo, El Salvador, September 27, 1983. Residents would eventually return to their homes and farms. The Atlacatl Battalion was trained at Ft. Bragg in the United States by U.S. Special Forces as the first Salvadoran rapid response counterinsurgency battalion and was implicated in some of the most infamous human rights violations of the twelve-year armed conflict.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Daily life; Military; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Human rights violations; Insurgency; Atlacatl Battalion; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Luis Romero; Carlos Rosas Caitan
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0036_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96164
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- Title
- Journalists Interview Fleeing Residents In Tenancingo
- Date
- 1983-09-27
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- Journalists interview local residents as they move their belongings before an assault by the Atlacatl Battalion during a military operation in pursuit of guerrillas from the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, in Tenancingo, El Salvador, September 27, 1983. Residents would eventually return to their homes and farms. The Atlacatl Battalion was trained at Ft. Bragg in the United States by U.S. Special Forces as the first Salvadoran rapid response counterinsurgency battalion and was implicated in some of the most infamous human rights violations of the twelve-year armed conflict.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Daily life; Military; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Human rights violations; Insurgency; Foreign correspondents; Atlacatl Battalion; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN)
- Country
- El Salvador
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Ivan Montecinos; Carlos Rosas; Luis Alberto Romero
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_ct_0263_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96456
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- Title
- Monterrosa Addresses Civilians In Tenancingo
- Date
- 1983-09-27
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- The commanding officer of the Atlacatl Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Domingo Monterrosa, center, addresses local residents as his soldiers pursue guerrillas from the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, in Tenancingo, El Salvador, September 27, 1983. Monterrosa trained at the notorious School of the Americas and assumed command of the Atlacatl Battalion, one of the Salvadoran rapid reaction counterinsurgency battalions coordinated and funded by the United States. The Atlacatl Battalion under Monterrosa's authority was responsible for the infamous El Mozote massacre of December 1981, which remains the largest single massacre in recent Latin American history.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Human rights violations; Civilian casualties; School of the Americas; Domingo Monterrosa; Atlacatl Battalion
- Country
- El Salvador
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Domingo Monterrosa
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0260_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96388
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- Title
- Monterrosa With The Atlacatl Battalion In Tenancingo
- Date
- 1983-09-27
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- The commanding officer of the Atlacatl Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Domingo Monterrosa, left, questions a local resident, center, as soldiers advance during a military operation in pursuit of guerrillas from the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, in Tenancingo, El Salvador, September 27, 1983. The Atlacatl Battalion was trained at Ft. Bragg in the United States by U.S. Special Forces as the first rapid response counterinsurgency battalion and was implicated in some of the most infamous human rights violations of the twelve-year armed conflict. The UN Truth Commission for El Salvador named the Atlacatl Battalion under Monterrosa's command responsible for the massacre of nearly 1,000 civilians in El Mozote in 1981, considered the worst massacre in modern Latin American history.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Human rights violations; United States foreign policy; Cold War; School of the Americas; Atlacatl Battalion; Domingo Monterrosa
- Country
- El Salvador
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Domingo Monterrosa
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0002_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96130
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- Title
- Monterrosa With The Atlacatl Battalion In Tenancingo
- Date
- 1983-09-27
- Creator
- Nickelsberg, Robert
- Description
- The commanding officer of the Atlacatl Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Domingo Monterrosa, right, questions a local resident, left, as soldiers advance during a military operation in pursuit of guerrillas from the Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional, Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, FMLN, in Tenancingo, El Salvador, September 27, 1983. Monterrosa trained at the notorious School of the Americas and assumed command of the Atlacatl Battalion, one of the Salvadoran rapid reaction counterinsurgency battalions coordinated and funded by the United States. The Atlacatl Battalion under Monterrosa's authority was responsible for the infamous El Mozote massacre of December 1981, which remains the largest single massacre in recent Latin American history.
- Subject
- Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Human rights violations; Civilian casualties; Domingo Monterrosa; Atlacatl Battalion; School of the Americas
- Country
- El Salvador
- Subject -- Personal Name
- Domingo Monterrosa
- Local Identifier
- elsalvador_nb_0266_web.tif
- Collection
- The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96394
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