The Intercept_: A retired Air Force general in El Salvador admitted
in court last Friday that the country’s armed forces carried out the
infamous El Mozote massacre in December 1981. This acknowledgement marks
the first time the Salvadoran military has taken responsibility for the
atrocity.
Over a period of days, the Atlacatl Battalion, a Salvadoran army unit created and trained by the U.S., slaughtered more than 800
civilian men, women, and children in several villages in the mountains
near El Salvador’s border with Honduras. The Reagan administration
immediately acted to protect its Salvadoran allies, engaging in a
far-reaching coverup.
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