1932 Scars of Memory

January 22 1932 An unprecedented peasant uprising erupts in western El Salvador as a group of Latino and indigenous peasants cut army supply lines attack a military garrison and take control over several towns Retribution is swift After three days the army and militias move in and in some villages slaughter all males over age 12 Elsewhere they summarily execute anyone suspected of having a link to the Communists Over the next few weeks 10000 people are massacred