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January 17, 2012

El Salvador President Apologizes for El Mozote Massacre 
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El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes apologized Monday for the 1981 El
Mozote massacre, when U.S.-trained Salvadoran forces killed nearly 1,000
civilians. Funes described it as "the worst massacre of civilians in
contemporary Latin American history."

President Mauricio Funes: "As the president of the republic and the
commander of the armed forces, I ask forgiveness from the victims and
the neighboring communities. Hundreds of Salvadorans, both men and
women, form part of a long list of disappeared people while others
emigrated and lost everything in order to save their own lives."



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