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"Learn from History", 35st Anniversary of the Assassination of
Archbishop Oscar Romero
National Security Archive Update, March 23, 2011
Washington, D.C., March 23, 2011 - Thirty one years ago tomorrow,
El Salvador's Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero was shot and killed
by right-wing assassins seeking to silence his message of
solidarity with the country's poor and oppressed. The assassination
shocked Salvadorans already reeling in early 1980 from attacks by
security forces and government-backed death squads on a growing
opposition movement. Romero's murder further polarized the country
and set the stage for the civil war that would rage for the next
twelve years. In commemoration of the anniversary, the National
Security Archive is posting a selection from our digital archive of
12 declassified U.S. documents that describe the months before his
death, his assassination and funeral, as well as later revelations
about those involved in his murder.
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