Atlacatl Battalion

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Salvadoran Army battalion military unit

The Atlacatl Battalion was an elite, U.S.-trained Salvadoran army unit notorious for its role in several major massacres and human rights abuses during the Salvadoran Civil War.

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Label Occurrences
Atlacatl Battalion canonical 3
U.S.-trained Atlacatl Battalion 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Salvadoran Army battalion ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
accusedOf crimes against humanity ⓘ
massacres of civilians ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
allegiance Government of El Salvador ⓘ
characterizedAs counterinsurgency battalion ⓘ
elite unit ⓘ
conflict Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ
country El Salvador ⓘ
ideology anti-communism ⓘ
involvedIn counterinsurgency operations against FMLN ⓘ
knownFor brutality against civilians ⓘ
major human rights violations ⓘ
languageOfCommand Spanish ⓘ
legacy emblematic of U.S.-backed counterinsurgency abuses in Central America ⓘ
symbol of state repression in El Salvador ⓘ
militaryBranch Armed Forces of El Salvador ⓘ
notableFor El Calabozo massacre ⓘ
El Mozote massacre ⓘ
UCA massacre ⓘ
human rights abuses ⓘ
notedIn UN Truth Commission for El Salvador ⓘ
surface form: United Nations Truth Commission for El Salvador report
operatedIn Morazán Department ⓘ
San Salvador ⓘ
partOf Armed Forces of El Salvador ⓘ
surface form: Salvadoran ground forces
perpetrated El Calabozo massacre ⓘ
El Mozote massacre ⓘ
El Calabozo massacre ⓘ
surface form: UCA massacre
region Central America ⓘ
role counterinsurgency ⓘ
rapid reaction force ⓘ
subjectOf human rights investigations ⓘ
international condemnation ⓘ
supportedBy U.S. military aid ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
timePeriod 1980s ⓘ
Salvadoran Civil War era ⓘ
trainedAt School of the Americas ⓘ
trainedBy United States Army ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Army

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
victims Jesuit priests at UCA ⓘ
civilians ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Salvadoran Civil War → involvedOrganization → Atlacatl Battalion ⓘ
El Mozote massacre → perpetrator → Atlacatl Battalion ⓘ
El Calabozo massacre → perpetrator → Atlacatl Battalion ⓘ
El Calabozo massacre → trainingOfPerpetrators → Atlacatl Battalion ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S.-trained Atlacatl Battalion