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The FMLN's initial stance was that it had shot down the helicopter without knowing it was American, and that Dawson and Pickett had died of their injuries later on. The FMLN later changed the narrative to one where the two soldiers were killed in a fight with guerillas. [7] On January 18 the FMLN put two guerrillas on trial for the incident.
The guerrillas' primary goal was to damage infrastructure as to hamper the efforts of the government in stopping the FMLN. As a result, aircraft and helicopters were the primary target of the attack. [citation needed] The bombs detonated at 1:30 a.m. local time. [4]
The Renewal Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Renovador) was a communist political party in El Salvador.The Renovadores started as an organized internal tendency within the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) around 1999, then split from the FMLN around 2002 when their principal leader, Facundo Guardado, was expelled from the FMLN.
Death squad victims in San Salvador, (c. 1981)Death squads in El Salvador (Spanish: escuadrones de la muerte) were far-right paramilitary groups acting in opposition to Marxist–Leninist guerrilla forces, most notably of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), and their allies among the civilian population before, during, and after the Salvadoran Civil War.
The FMLN has controlled the mayor's offices in many of the large cities of El Salvador since 1997, including the capital, San Salvador, and the neighboring city Santa Tecla. The FMLN mayor of San Salvador, was Violeta Menjívar, the first female mayor of San Salvador, who was elected in a narrow victory in 2006. The death of the FMLN's long ...
Despite the retreat, FMLN propaganda and radio broadcasts continued to state that the offensive was succeeding. [55] The FMLN captured both Chalatenango and San Francisco Gotera by 20 January, the capitals of the departments of Chalatenango and Morazán, respectively. [18] [25] Over two-thirds of El Salvador was engulfed in the fighting. [25]
The FPL was formed on 1 April 1970; amongst the founders, Salvador Cayetano Carpio was considered the top leader of the organization, while Mélida Anaya Montes, the leader of the educational union, and university professors Clara Elizabeth Ramírez and Felipe Peña Mendoza were high-profile figures.
Casolo's arrest was related to some arms allegedly discovered at her rented house. An American official noted at the time, "It's a good bust." [1]However, in a 1989 report on El Salvador, Human Rights Watch noted that the Casolo arrest came at a time when the Salvadoran police and army were arresting, jailing and expelling foreigners working with Salvadoran churches and relief organizations.