El Calabozo massacre
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The El Calabozo massacre was a 1982 atrocity during the Salvadoran Civil War in which the U.S.-trained Atlacatl Battalion killed hundreds of civilians, becoming one of the conflict’s most infamous human rights abuses.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| El Calabozo massacre canonical | 2 |
| UCA massacre | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2440546 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: El Calabozo massacre Context triple: [Atlacatl Battalion, notableFor, El Calabozo massacre]
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A.
El Mozote massacre
The El Mozote massacre was a 1981 atrocity in which Salvadoran government troops killed hundreds of civilians, becoming one of the most infamous human rights violations of the Salvadoran Civil War.
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B.
Hungerford massacre
The Hungerford massacre was a 1987 mass shooting in Hungerford, England, in which gunman Michael Ryan killed 16 people and led to significant changes in UK firearms legislation.
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C.
Friday of Dignity massacre
The Friday of Dignity massacre was a pivotal 2011 attack on anti-government protesters in Sana'a that galvanized opposition to President Ali Abdullah Saleh and intensified the Yemeni Revolution.
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D.
Weenen massacre
The Weenen massacre was an 1838 killing of Voortrekker settlers by Zulu forces in present-day South Africa, which became a pivotal flashpoint in the conflict between the Voortrekkers and the Zulu Kingdom.
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E.
massacre at Cholula
The massacre at Cholula was a brutal 1519 slaughter of thousands of Indigenous inhabitants by Hernán Cortés and his forces during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: El Calabozo massacre Target entity description: The El Calabozo massacre was a 1982 atrocity during the Salvadoran Civil War in which the U.S.-trained Atlacatl Battalion killed hundreds of civilians, becoming one of the conflict’s most infamous human rights abuses.
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A.
El Mozote massacre
The El Mozote massacre was a 1981 atrocity in which Salvadoran government troops killed hundreds of civilians, becoming one of the most infamous human rights violations of the Salvadoran Civil War.
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B.
Hungerford massacre
The Hungerford massacre was a 1987 mass shooting in Hungerford, England, in which gunman Michael Ryan killed 16 people and led to significant changes in UK firearms legislation.
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C.
Friday of Dignity massacre
The Friday of Dignity massacre was a pivotal 2011 attack on anti-government protesters in Sana'a that galvanized opposition to President Ali Abdullah Saleh and intensified the Yemeni Revolution.
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D.
Weenen massacre
The Weenen massacre was an 1838 killing of Voortrekker settlers by Zulu forces in present-day South Africa, which became a pivotal flashpoint in the conflict between the Voortrekkers and the Zulu Kingdom.
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E.
massacre at Cholula
The massacre at Cholula was a brutal 1519 slaughter of thousands of Indigenous inhabitants by Hernán Cortés and his forces during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime against humanity
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human rights violation ⓘ massacre ⓘ war crime ⓘ |
| aftermath |
demands for truth and justice by survivors
ⓘ
impunity for perpetrators ⓘ |
| conflict | Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ |
| country | El Salvador ⓘ |
| date |
1982
ⓘ
1982-08-21 ⓘ |
| documentedBy |
human rights NGOs
ⓘ
truth commission reports ⓘ |
| hasCause | state counterinsurgency operations against suspected guerrilla supporters ⓘ |
| hasContext | U.S. support for Salvadoran armed forces ⓘ |
| hasMemorialization | commemorations by survivors and relatives ⓘ |
| humanRightsCategory |
protection of civilians in armed conflict
ⓘ
right to life violation ⓘ |
| involvedOrganization |
United States military representatives
ⓘ
surface form:
United States military advisers
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| languageOfToponym | Spanish ⓘ |
| legalStatus | largely unprosecuted ⓘ |
| location |
El Calabozo
ⓘ
Río Amatitán ⓘ San Vicente Department ⓘ |
| method | mass shooting ⓘ |
| motive | suspected collaboration of civilians with guerrilla forces ⓘ |
| notableFor |
large-scale killing of unarmed civilians
ⓘ
one of the most infamous atrocities of the Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ |
| numberOfVictims | hundreds of civilians ⓘ |
| opposingSide | Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front ⓘ |
| partOf | counterinsurgency campaign in El Salvador ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
Armed Forces of El Salvador
ⓘ
Atlacatl Battalion ⓘ |
| perpetratorAllegiance | Government of El Salvador ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | serious human rights abuse ⓘ |
| region | Central El Salvador ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
El Mozote massacre
ⓘ
Sumpul River massacre ⓘ |
| result |
international condemnation by human rights organizations
ⓘ
mass displacement of local population ⓘ |
| targetedGroup | rural peasants ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Cold War ⓘ |
| trainingOfPerpetrators |
Atlacatl Battalion
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S.-trained Atlacatl Battalion
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| typeOfCrime |
extrajudicial killing
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mass atrocity ⓘ |
| victimType | civilian population ⓘ |
| weaponsUsed | small arms ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: El Calabozo massacre Description of subject: The El Calabozo massacre was a 1982 atrocity during the Salvadoran Civil War in which the U.S.-trained Atlacatl Battalion killed hundreds of civilians, becoming one of the conflict’s most infamous human rights abuses.
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
UCA massacre