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CIA • 1980

ARCHBISHOP OF EL SALVADOR ASSASSINATED - (TRUTH COMMISSION I)

2 dye re nt JR Ele) + TN NTE SR i ay Bs g 1 EAE TL TRE ROTRVT TORE ARAN SON Q = pede me Dal ate Vey US b - «xi A A K [4% aly SL LE AR [le AN ll | | | 26 March 1980 Archbishop of E] Salvador Assassinated The Roman Catholic Archbishop of El Salvador, Oscar. Arnulfo Romero, was killed by an assassin's bullet on the evening of 24 March, as he was saying Mass in the chapel of the Divine Providence Hospital in San Salvador. The murder...
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Oct 1, 1993
Publication
Feb 3, 1980
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Document #

0000049328

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Document Type

FOIA

Collection

Human Rights in Latin America

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Original Classification

U

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1 pages

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34.94 KB