Today in Labor History December 11, 1981: Over 800 people were slaughtered by the Salvadoran military in the village of El Mozote in one of the largest 20th century massacres in Latin America. Men, women and children were tortured and systematically executed by the U.S.-supported regime, which was trying to wipe out unions, leftists and peasant activists. The Atlacatl Battalion carried out the massacre. The Battalion was created in 1980 at the U.S. Army's School of the Americas and trained by U.S. military advisors.

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Michael Krämer (@Kraemer10961): "Vor 40 Jahren ermordete das Militär von #ElSalvador in #ElMozote mehr als 1.000 Menschen, vor allem Kinder und Alte. Die Verantwortlichen für das schlimmste Massaker in #Lateinamerika in der 2. Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts wurden bis heute nicht belangt." | nitter
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