El Mozote massacre

When

11 Dec 1981

Kind

Genocide

Deaths

800

Coordinates

13.90° N, 88.11° W

Description

1981 mass casualty event perpetrated by the Salvadoran army

Event during the Salvadoran Civil War (1981)

The El Mozote massacre took place in and around the village of El Mozote in the Morazán Department of El Salvador on December 11 and 12, 1981, during the Salvadoran Civil War, when the Salvadoran Army killed more than 811 civilians. The army had arrived in the village on the 10th, following clashes with guerrillas in the area.

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• Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “El Mozote massacre: In El Salvador, army units kill 900 civilians”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Eine Todesschwadron des Militärregimes von El Salvador verübt ein Massaker im Dorf El Mozote mit rund 1.000 Toten”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Резня в Мосоте (в Эль-Сальвадоре военные убили 900 гражданских лиц)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en El Salvador, las fuerzas armadas nacionales en el departamento de Morazán, caserío el Mozote perpetran la Masacre de El Mozote, ejecución sumaria de 900…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page