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  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
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  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    Salvador22.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    Salvador13.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    SanSalvador35.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    Salvador27.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    Salvador10.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    Salvador09.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    Salvador04.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    El Salvador_Ken Hawkins 42.tif
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    SanSalvador49.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    SanSalvador32.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    SanSalvador13.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    Salvador33.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    Salvador32.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    Salvador25.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    Salvador20.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    Salvador17.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    Salvador12.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    Salvador11.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    Salvador08.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    Salvador07.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    Salvador05.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    Salvador02.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    Salvador01.jpg
  • French Ambassador to El Salvador Michel Dondenne is held hostage by leftists. On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    El Salvador_Ken Hawkins 39.tif
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    El Salvador_Ken Hawkins 35.tif
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    El Salvador_Ken Hawkins 32.tif
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    El Salvador_Ken Hawkins 30.tif
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    El Salvador_Ken Hawkins 27.tif
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    El Salvador_Ken Hawkins 24.tif
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    El Salvador_Ken Hawkins 13.tif
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    Salvador44.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    Salvador38.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    Salvador30.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    Salvador26.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    Salvador24.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    Salvador15.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    Salvador16.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    Salvador14.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    Salvador06.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    Salvador03.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    El Salvador_Ken Hawkins 53.tif
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    El Salvador_Ken Hawkins 33.tif
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    El Salvador_Ken Hawkins 26.tif
  • Jose Antonio Rodriguez Porth, was Minister for Foreign Affairs of Romero and in 1989 took over as Minister of the Presidency of Alfredo Cristiani. Within 8 days (June 9) of assuming office he was killed by a guerrilla command in San Salvador.<br />
On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    El Salvador_Ken Hawkins 22.tif
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    El Salvador_Ken Hawkins 20.tif
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    SanSalvador13.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    Salvador40.tif
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    Salvador39.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    SanSalvador49.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    SanSalvador35.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    Salvador53.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    SanSalvador32.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    Salvador49.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    Salvador35.jpg
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    El Salvador_Ken Hawkins 49.tif
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    El Salvador_Ken Hawkins 44.tif
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    El Salvador_Ken Hawkins 25.tif
  • On May 9, 1979, a symbolic occupation of San Salvador’s Metropolitan Cathedral by the leftist Popular Revolutionary Block – BPR – turned deadly as a cadre of national police turned their weapons on demonstrators killing 24 and wounding scores. The attack on the peaceful demonstration was seen as a coordinated effort - in a very public way - by the sitting Romero government against left wing demonstrations.<br />
As gunfire continued, at least one demonstrator fired back at the troops with a small pistol, provoking a prolonged response.<br />
In what was interpreted as  a gruesome message to the left wing groups, the demonstrators fallen bodies were left on the cathedral steps for nearly 24 hours and the wounded sealed inside the church with little aid.<br />
Midday, on May 10, 1979, police withdrew from their cordon around the cathedral and the dead were taken into the sanctuary and draped with BPR banners as mourners filed by.<br />
Thousands would join the leftist demonstrators for a funeral march to a San Salvador cemetery.
    El Salvador_Ken Hawkins 13.jpg
  • Nicaraguan Cruz Roja (Red Cross) workers carry the wounded and escort noncombatants out of the besieged city of Leon during a break in street fighting in the 1978 Civil War in Nicaragua.
    Nicaragua _ Ken Hawkins006.tif
  • A Monimbo, Nicaragua resident is taken from his home by government National Guardsmen and pulled by the hair through the streets. The man - suspected of being a rebel Sandinista sympathizer - was found several hours later dead in an alleyway with a bullet wound to the back of his head.
    Nicaragua_Ken Hawkins384.tif
  • A Monimbo, Nicaragua resident is taken from his home by government National Guardsmen and pulled by the hair through the streets. The man - suspected of being a rebel Sandinista sympathizer - was found several hours later dead in an alleyway with a bullet wound to the back of his head.
    Nicaragua_Ken Hawkins385.tif

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