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The Massacre at El Mozote
A timeline of Mark Danner's account of the 1981 massacre at El Mozote in El Salvador.
By: Sarah Atac
Created by
Sarah Atac
⟶ Updated 22 Sep 2017 ⟶
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Events
El Salvador presidential election of 1972
FMLN formed
Assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero
Failed reformist coup
Villa Rosario killing
American churchwomen murdered
Atlacatl Battalion formed
Reagan increases aid to El Salvador
Marcos Díaz promises protection for El Mozote
Radio Venceremos broadcasts coming Operation Rescue
Army enters Perquín
La Tejera operation
Arambala skirmish
Radio Venceremos loses transmitter
Atlacatl Battalion arrives in El Mozote
Soldiers begin questioning
Killing begins
women killed- Rufina amaya escapes
Children killed- buildings burned
Army leaves El Mozote and conducts similar killings in nearby hamlets
Embassy officials attempt El Mozote visit; meet with refugees
Greentree sends cable to Washington
Major McKay meets with Colonel Monterrosa
Assistant Secretary of State testifies for certification
U.S. Ambassador to Honduras cable reports killings
El Salvador elections
Second certification report to Congress
Monterrosa becomes military commander of entire Eastern zone
Monterrosa's new strategy shows signs of succes
Monterrosa launches "Torola IV"
Villalobos executes plan, Monterrossa killed
Refugees begin to return to Morazán
FMLN launches major offensive
Atlacatl massacres priests
La Joya resident formally accuses Atlacatl Battalion of killings
Tutela Legal publishes investigation of massacre
Chapultepec Peace Accords end war
Argentine Forensic Anthropology Unit begins exhumation
forensic unit finds first body
UN publishes Truth Commission report, confirms massacre
State Department verifies reports of massacre
survivors contact Socorro Juridico
FMLN contacts Foreign Service Officer
Radio Venceremos broadcasts massacre
President Reagan signs amendment to Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
Raymond Bonner of New York Times approved to visit Morazán with guerrillas
Rufina Amaya found
FMLN issues call to human rights organizations
El Salvador President denies accusations of massacre
U.S. Embassy in San Salvador begins to counter massacre reports
Raymond Bonner and Susan Meiselas enter El Salvador
Bonner, Meiselas reach El Mozote
Alma Guillermoprieto reaches El Mozote
New York Times publishes first story
Washington Post runs article of massacre
NYT runs follow up article on massacre
President Reagan sends certification to Congress
30th Anniversary of Massacre
Periods
Revolutionary Process in Morazán begins
Violence against "urban infrastructure of the left" grows
Guerrilla groups begin attacking National Guardsmen in Morazán
Army adopts "killing zone" tactic
FMLN "final offensive" fails
