El Mozote massacre

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crime against humanity human rights violation massacre war crime

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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Label Occurrences
El Mozote massacre canonical 8
El Mozote 2
El Mozote massacre memorial 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf crime against humanity ⓘ
human rights violation ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
war crime ⓘ
aftermath international condemnation ⓘ
strengthening of human rights monitoring in El Salvador ⓘ
commemoratedOn annual remembrance ceremonies in December ⓘ
conflict Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
country El Salvador ⓘ
date 1981-12-11 ⓘ
deniedBy Government of El Salvador ⓘ
United States government officials (at the time) ⓘ
endDate 1981-12-13 ⓘ
hasCause state counterinsurgency policy ⓘ
hasContext United States interventions in Latin America ⓘ
surface form: Cold War in Latin America
investigatedBy United Nations ⓘ
human rights organizations ⓘ
laterConfirmedBy UN Truth Commission for El Salvador ⓘ
surface form: United Nations Truth Commission for El Salvador

forensic exhumations ⓘ
legalProceeding cases before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ⓘ
criminal proceedings in El Salvador ⓘ
location El Mozote massacre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: El Mozote

Morazán Department ⓘ
northeastern El Salvador ⓘ
memorial monument in El Mozote ⓘ
method burning of homes ⓘ
mass killing ⓘ
rape ⓘ
summary execution ⓘ
torture ⓘ
notableFor being one of the most infamous human rights violations of the Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
being one of the worst massacres in modern Latin American history ⓘ
numberOfVictims hundreds of civilians ⓘ
partOf counterinsurgency campaign in El Salvador ⓘ
perpetrator Armed Forces of El Salvador ⓘ
Atlacatl Battalion ⓘ
recognizedAs crime against humanity by international human rights bodies ⓘ
reportedBy Alma Guillermoprieto ⓘ
Raymond Bonner ⓘ
reportedIn The New York Times ⓘ
Washington Post ⓘ
surface form: The Washington Post
startDate 1981-12-11 ⓘ
target suspected guerrilla sympathizers ⓘ
timePeriod early 1980s ⓘ
victim children ⓘ
civilian population of El Mozote ⓘ
men ⓘ
women ⓘ

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Salvadoran Civil War → notableMassacre → El Mozote massacre ⓘ
El Mozote massacre → location → El Mozote massacre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: El Mozote
Atlacatl Battalion → notableFor → El Mozote massacre ⓘ
Atlacatl Battalion → perpetrated → El Mozote massacre ⓘ
UN Truth Commission for El Salvador → notableCaseInvestigated → El Mozote massacre ⓘ
Morazán Department → containsSite → El Mozote massacre ⓘ
this entity surface form: El Mozote
Morazán Department → containsSite → El Mozote massacre ⓘ
this entity surface form: El Mozote massacre memorial
Morazán Department → historicalEvent → El Mozote massacre ⓘ
Morazán Department → knownFor → El Mozote massacre ⓘ
this entity surface form: El Mozote massacre site
El Calabozo massacre → relatedEvent → El Mozote massacre ⓘ
Sumpul River massacre → relatedEvent → El Mozote massacre ⓘ
Raymond Bonner → wroteAbout → El Mozote massacre ⓘ