1975 Salvadoran student massacre

1975 Salvadoran student massacre
A monument at the University of El Salvador honoring the massacre's victims
Location	San Salvador, El Salvador
Date	July 30, 1975
Target	University and high school students
Attack type	Massacre
Deaths	50–100
Injured	25
Perpetrators	Salvadoran Army National Guard Treasury Police

The 1975 Salvadoran student massacre^[1] occurred during the waning years of El Salvador's military dictatorships and was an important event in the buildup to the country's civil war. This massacre of an unknown number of student demonstrators was led by then-President Colonel Arturo Armando Molina and General Carlos Humberto Romero and took place in San Salvador, the country's capital, during the events of the Miss Universe beauty pageant.