Arambala, Morazán, El Salvador — Central America (West Coast)
El Mozote
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, April 12, 2015
1. El Mozote Marker
Estan con nosotros,
Con ustedes y
Con la
Humanidad entera
El Mozote, 11 de dic. de 1991
They are with us,
With you and
With Humanity
El Mozote, December 11, 1991
Erected 1991.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Wars, Non-US.
Location. 13° 53.907′ N, 88° 6.907′ W. Marker is in Arambala, Morazán. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Arambala, Morazán 03202, El Salvador. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 23 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies. El Mozote Children's Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Peugeot armored car (approx. 8.4 kilometers away); French and Mexican recognition (approx. 8.4 kilometers away); 75 mm cannon (approx. 8.4 kilometers away); 120 mm mortar (approx. 8.4 kilometers away); Direct strike against the Counter-Insurgency Plan
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Regarding El Mozote. On December 11, 1981 Salvadoran Army forces massacred over nine hundred inhabitants of the village of El Mozote. Not until the end of the Salvadoran Civil War in 1992 did an Argentinean forensic team begin the exhumations of the men, women and children killed.
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, April 12, 2015
2. El Mozote Memorial and mass grave
Over 700 of the exhumed bodies were reinterred in this monument. The wall behind the monument lists the names of those known victims.
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, April 12, 2015
3. Grave of Rufina Amaya
Rufina Amaya was one of the few survivors of the El Mozote massacre and was buried here with the other victims. The tombstone reads (translated to English): June 10, 1942 - March 6, 2007. "El Mozote never again".
Credits. This page was last revised on January 25, 2020. It was originally submitted on May 11, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. This page has been viewed 1,061 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 11, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
