Monterrosa, erased

摘要

Over four days in December 1981, soldiers from El Salvador's army shot, stabbed and burned to death nearly 1,000 peasants from the north-eastern village of El Mozote and surrounding rural hamlets. The victims were accused of sympathising with left-wing guerrillas. All were unarmed. Most were women, children and old people. To this day, no one has gone to prison for the massacre, which was the largest in modern Latin American history. Block letters on the outside wall of a military base in San Miguel, 70km (45 miles) away, paid tribute to the commander who led the massacre, Domingo Monterrosa. On June 1st, hours after being inaugurated, El Salvador's new president Nayib Bukele ordered that the army remove them.