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Title: Death Of Salvadoran Army Soldiers In Morazán
Date: 1983-10-24
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A Salvadoran woman stands outside a military hospital hoping to see her husband, Juan Pablo Rivas, who was reportedly killed along with 13 other army soldiers in a helicopter explosion over the Morazán department, El Salvador, October 24, 1983. Among those killed were Lieutenant Colonel Domingo Monterrosa and other field commanders of high rank. FMLN guerrillas led by Joaquín Villalobos, who had previously denounced Monterrosa and his command authority over the Atlacatl Battalion for carrying out the December 1981 civilian massacre in El Mozote, claimed responsibility for the helicopter crash.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Human rights violations; Military aid; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Atlacatl Battalion; Domingo Monterrosa; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN); Joaquín Villalobos
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0113_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96241
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Title: Funeral For Salvadoran Army Lt. Col. Domingo Monterrosa
Date: 1984-10-27
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Salvadoran military officers and civilians carry the coffin of Lieutenant Colonel Domingo Monterrosa following his death in a helicopter explosion in the Morazán department four days before, San Salvador, El Salvador, October 27, 1984. FMLN guerrillas led by Joaquín Villalobos, who had previously denounced Monterrosa and his command authority over the Atlacatl Battalion for carrying out the December 1981 civilian massacre in El Mozote, claimed responsibility for the helicopter crash. Monterrosa trained at the notorious School of the Americas and was hailed by American advisors as the army's best field officer.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Human rights violations; Civilian casualties; Military aid; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; School of the Americas; Atlacatl Battalion; Domingo Monterrosa; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN); Joaquín Villalobos
Country: El Salvador
Subject -- Personal Name: Lt. Col. Domingo Monterrosa; Sigifredo Ochoa Pérez
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0034_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96162
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Funeral For Salvadoran Army Lt. Col. Domingo Monterrosa
Date: 1984-10-27
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Salvadoran military officers carry the coffin of Lieutenant Colonel Domingo Monterrosa in a funeral procession with his wife, back center, and family following his death in a helicopter explosion in the Morazán department four days before, San Salvador, El Salvador, October 27, 1984. FMLN guerrillas led by Joaquín Villalobos, who had previously denounced Monterrosa and his command authority over the Atlacatl Battalion for carrying out the December 1981 civilian massacre in El Mozote, claimed responsibility for the helicopter crash. Monterrosa trained at the notorious School of the Americas and was hailed by American advisors as the army’s best field officer.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Human rights violations; Civilian casualties; Military aid; Insurgency; School of the Americas; Atlacatl Battalion; Domingo Monterrosa; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN); Joaquín Villalobos
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_ct_0219_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96686
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Funeral For Salvadoran Army Lt. Col. Domingo Monterrosa
Date: 1984-10-27
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: The wife of the late Lieutenant Colonel Domingo Monterrosa prays over his coffin in a funeral procession with Salvadoran military officers and family following Monterrosa’s death in a helicopter explosion in the Morazán department four days before, San Salvador, El Salvador, October 27, 1984. FMLN guerrillas led by Joaquín Villalobos, who had previously denounced Monterrosa and his command authority over the Atlacatl Battalion for carrying out the December 1981 civilian massacre in El Mozote, claimed responsibility for the helicopter crash. Monterrosa trained at the notorious School of the Americas and was hailed by American advisors as the army’s best field officer.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Human rights violations; Civilian casualties; Military aid; Insurgency; School of the Americas; Atlacatl Battalion; Domingo Monterrosa; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN); Joaquín Villalobos
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_ct_0220_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96687
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Funeral For Salvadoran Army Lt. Col. Domingo Monterrosa
Date: 1984-10-27
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Salvadoran Minister of Defense General Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova, left, and the wife of Lieutenant Colonel Domingo Monterrosa, right, at the funeral procession with Monterrosa’s family and military officers following his death in a helicopter explosion in the Morazán department four days before, San Salvador, El Salvador, October 27, 1984. FMLN guerrillas led by Joaquín Villalobos, who had previously denounced Monterrosa and his command authority over the Atlacatl Battalion for carrying out the December 1981 civilian massacre in El Mozote, claimed responsibility for the helicopter crash. Monterrosa trained at the notorious School of the Americas and was hailed by American advisors as the army’s best field officer.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Human rights violations; Civilian casualties; Military aid; Insurgency; School of the Americas; Atlacatl Battalion; Domingo Monterrosa; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN); Joaquín Villalobos; Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova
Country: El Salvador
Subject -- Personal Name: Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova
Local Identifier: elsalvador_ct_0221_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96688
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Funeral For Salvadoran Army Major Armando Azmitia
Date: 1984-10-27
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Salvadoran military officers and civilians carry the coffin of Major Armando Azmitia following his death in a helicopter explosion in the Morazán department four days before, San Salvador, El Salvador, October 27, 1984. Among those killed in the explosion were Lieutenant Colonel Domingo Monterrosa and other field commanders of high rank. Azmitia was commander of the Atlacatl Battalion, the United States-trained rapid reaction unit directed by Monterrosa until he was elevated to regional command in November of 1983. FMLN guerrillas led by Joaquín Villalobos, who had previously denounced Monterrosa and the Atlacatl Battalion for carrying out the December 1981 civilian massacre in El Mozote, claimed responsibility for the helicopter crash.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Military funerals; Human rights violations; Civilian casualties; Military aid; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; School of the Americas; Atlacatl Battalion; Domingo Monterrosa; Armando Azmitia; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN); Joaquín Villalobos
Country: El Salvador
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0031_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96159
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Lt. Col. Domingo Monterrosa In San Miguel Department
Date: 1984-09-05
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Lieutenant Colonel Domingo Monterrosa speaks to a crowd of civilians during a military operation to clear the rural area of ERP guerrillas, San Miguel department, El Salvador, September 5, 1984. Just weeks after his visit, Monterrosa was killed along with 13 other Salvadoran army soldiers in a helicopter explosion near Joateca, Morazán department on October 23, 1984. FMLN guerrillas led by Joaquín Villalobos, who had previously denounced Monterrosa and his command authority over the Atlacatl Battalion for carrying out the December 1981 civilian massacre in El Mozote, claimed responsibility for the helicopter crash.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Psychological warfare; Human rights violations; Cold War; Atlacatl Battalion; Domingo Monterrosa; School of the Americas; Joaquín Villalobos; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN)
Country: El Salvador
Subject -- Personal Name: Domingo Monterrosa
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0175_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96303
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Title: Lt. Col. Domingo Monterrosa In San Miguel Department
Date: 1984-09-05
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Lieutenant Colonel Domingo Monterrosa speaks to a crowd of civilians during a military operation in Botejon, San Miguel department, El Salvador, September 5, 1984. Three weeks after this visit, Monterrosa was killed along with 13 other Salvadoran army soldiers while the soldiers were retrieving a booby trapped FMLN radio transmitter on October 23, 1984 in Joateca, Morazán department. FMLN guerrillas led by Joaquín Villalobos, who had previously denounced Monterrosa and his command authority over the Atlacatl Battalion for carrying out the December 1981 civilian massacre in El Mozote, claimed responsibility for the helicopter crash.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Human rights violations; Military aid; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; Atlacatl Battalion; Domingo Monterrosa; Joaquín Villalobos
Country: El Salvador
Subject -- Personal Name: Domingo Monterrosa
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0071_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96199
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Lt. Colonel Monterrosa Consults Map During Atlacatl Battalion Operation
Date: 1983-08-23
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Salvadoran Lieutenant Colonel Domingo Monterrosa (1940-1984), commander of the Atlacatl Battalion, consults a map during a military operation in San Miguel department, El Salvador, August 23, 1983. Monterrosa was killed in a helicopter explosion along with 13 other army soldiers while they were retrieving a booby trapped FMLN radio transmitter in Joateca, Morazán department, October 24, 1984. FMLN guerrillas led by Joaquín Villalobos, who had previously denounced Monterrosa and his command authority over the Atlacatl Battalion for carrying out the December 1981 civilian massacre in El Mozote, claimed responsibility for the helicopter crash.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Human rights violations; United States foreign policy; Cold War; Atlacatl Battalion; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN); Domingo Monterrosa; Joaquín Villalobos
Country: El Salvador
Subject -- Personal Name: Domingo Monterrosa
Local Identifier: elsalvador_ct_0130_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96597
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Lt. Colonel Monterrosa Consults Map During Atlacatl Battalion Operation
Date: 1983-08-23
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Salvadoran Lieutenant Colonel Domingo Monterrosa (1940-1984), commander of the Atlacatl Battalion, consults a map during a military operation in San Miguel department, El Salvador, August 23, 1983. Monterrosa was killed in a helicopter explosion along with 13 other army soldiers while they were retrieving a booby trapped FMLN radio transmitter in Joateca, Morazán department, October 24, 1984. FMLN guerrillas led by Joaquín Villalobos, who had previously denounced Monterrosa and his command authority over the Atlacatl Battalion for carrying out the December 1981 civilian massacre in El Mozote, claimed responsibility for the helicopter crash.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Counterinsurgency; Military aid; Human rights violations; United States foreign policy; Cold War; Atlacatl Battalion; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN); Domingo Monterrosa; Joaquín Villalobos
Country: El Salvador
Subject -- Personal Name: Domingo Monterrosa
Local Identifier: elsalvador_ct_0131_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96598
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Press Conference Following Death Of Army Officers In Morazán Including Lt. Col. Domingo Monterrosa
Date: 1984-10-24
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: The spokesman for the Salvadoran military, Lieutenant Colonel Ricardo Cienfuegos, right, speaks to local and foreign journalists regarding the death of 14 Salvadoran army officers and soldiers in a helicopter explosion the previous day in eastern Morazán department, in San Salvador, El Salvador, October 24, 1984. Among the dead was Lieutenant Colonel Domingo Monterrosa, the notorious commander of the U.S.-trained Atlacatl Battalion. FMLN guerrillas led by Joaquín Villalobos, who had previously denounced Monterrosa for his command authority over the December 1981 civilian massacre in El Mozote, claimed responsibility for the helicopter crash.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Psychological warfare; United States foreign policy; Military aid; Cold War; Human rights violations; Domingo Monterrosa; Joaquín Villalobos; Ricardo Cienfuegos; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN); Atlacatl Battalion
Country: El Salvador
Subject -- Personal Name: Ricardo Cienfuegos
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0023_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96151
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

Title: Salvadoran Journalist In San Salvador
Date: 1984-10-27
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Salvadoran journalist Oscar Ramírez López looks to take a photograph of a local dignitary following the return of the body of Lieutenant Colonel Domingo Monterrosa, San Salvador, El Salvador, October 27, 1984. Monterrosa was killed in a helicopter explosion in the Morazán department on October 23, 1984 along with Major Armando Azmitia and other field commanders of high rank. FMLN guerrillas led by Joaquín Villalobos, who had previously denounced Monterrosa and his command authority over the Atlacatl Battalion for carrying out the December 1981 civilian massacre in El Mozote, claimed responsibility for the helicopter crash.
Subject: Central America; El Salvador; Civil war; Military; Counterinsurgency; Human rights violations; Civilian casualties; Military aid; Insurgency; Guerrilla warfare; School of the Americas; Atlacatl Battalion; Domingo Monterrosa; Armando Azmitia; Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN); Joaquín Villalobos
Country: El Salvador
Subject -- Personal Name: Oscar Ramírez López
Local Identifier: elsalvador_nb_0033_web.tif
Collection: The Photographic Archive of Robert Nickelsberg
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:96161
mods_typeOfResource_mt: still image

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