Santa Rita massacre

Santa Rita massacre
Part of the Salvadoran Civil War
Journalists at the site of the massacre
LocationNear Santa Rita, El Salvador
Coordinates14°05′35″N 89°01′58″W / 14.09306°N 89.03278°W / 14.09306; -89.03278
Date17 March 1982
Around 5:00 p.m. (–6 UTC)
TargetDutch journalists
FMLN guerrillas
Attack type
Massacre
WeaponsM16s and M60s[1][2]
Deaths8
Injured1
PerpetratorAtonal Battalion

The Santa Rita massacre (Spanish: masacre de Santa Rita) occurred near the municipality of Santa Rita in Chalatenango, El Salvador, on 17 March 1982. During the massacre, soldiers from the Atonal Battalion attacked and killed four Dutch journalists and a disputed number of guerrillas from the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN).

  1. ^ "Report of the UN Truth Commission on El Salvador". Derechos Human Rights. 29 March 1993. pp. 69–75. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  2. ^ Selsky, Andrew (25 March 2019). "New Push for Justice after 4 Dutch Journalists Slain in 1982". The Public's Radio. Retrieved 17 September 2020.