With U.S. weapons, Salvadoran military massacred a village. The trial continues.
The story of the December 1981 attack carries on. Florida veterans recall their part in the countryâs civil war.
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Visitors look at the names of those killed in the massacre at El Mozote, where about 1,000 people died in December 1981. [ DANIELLE VILLASANA | Special to the Times ]
Updated Dec. 10, 2020
EL SALVADOR - Inside a dimly lit garage, sweating from the heat of the flat-top grill before her, SofÃa Romero Pereira shapes the dough in her hands. She lays down
pupusas â Salvadoran stuffed corn cakes â and the sizzle creates a symphony broken only by the occasional laughter from diners telling jokes.