Because of this, tens of thousands of El Salvadorans lost their lives in a bloody and vicious civil war that was partially funded by the United States. The massacre at El Mozote was one of if not the most horrific examples of government/military overreach, its lasting painful memories becoming compounded by the fervent denial of wrongdoing by both governments and the subsequent silencing of American journalists who risked their own lives to report on the massacre from the front
Because of this, tens of thousands of El Salvadorans lost their lives in a bloody and vicious civil war that was partially funded by the United States. The massacre at El Mozote was one of if not the most horrific examples of government/military overreach, its lasting painful memories becoming compounded by the fervent denial of wrongdoing by both governments and the subsequent silencing of American journalists who risked their own lives to report on the massacre from the front