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Arturo Armando Molina
The president was trying to redistribute land -
Carlos Humberto Romero
Carlos Humberto Romero became the new president -
Oscar Romero was murdered
During Oscar's funeral the government murdered 42 people. -
Rape and Murder
Salvadoran soldiers raped and murdered 4 nuns that were from the United States and a woman that worked with them. -
Massacre of El Mozote
1,000 civilians were murdered, including children. -
Government killed 16,000 civilians
The government of El Salvador killed 16,000 people in total.
