May 18, 2021 catholic news service
People are pictured in a file photo protesting outside El Salvador s Ilopango Air Base after the military rejected a request by a judge to access files on the 1981 El Mozote massacre, in which nearly 1,000 civilians were killed by U.S.-trained soldiers. (Credit: Jose Cabezas/Reuters via CNS.)
LAS ARADAS, El Salvador The burble of water is the loudest sound most will hear along this lush patch of land near the Sumpul River, which divides northern El Salvador from Honduras. But what Noe Guardado still hears in his head, what drowns out the sounds of the water