Atlacatl Battalion

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The Atlacatl Battalion was an elite, U.S.-trained Salvadoran army unit notorious for its role in several major massacres and human rights abuses during the Salvadoran Civil War.

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Atlacatl Battalion canonical 3
U.S.-trained Atlacatl Battalion 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Salvadoran Army battalion
military unit
accusedOf crimes against humanity
massacres of civilians
war crimes
allegiance Government of El Salvador
characterizedAs counterinsurgency battalion
elite unit
conflict Salvadoran Civil War
country El Salvador
ideology anti-communism
involvedIn counterinsurgency operations against FMLN
knownFor brutality against civilians
major human rights violations
languageOfCommand Spanish
legacy emblematic of U.S.-backed counterinsurgency abuses in Central America
symbol of state repression in El Salvador
militaryBranch Armed Forces of El Salvador
notableFor El Calabozo massacre
El Mozote massacre
UCA massacre
human rights abuses
notedIn United Nations Truth Commission for El Salvador report
operatedIn Morazán Department
San Salvador
partOf Salvadoran ground forces
perpetrated El Calabozo massacre
El Mozote massacre
UCA massacre
region Central America
role counterinsurgency
rapid reaction force
subjectOf human rights investigations
international condemnation
supportedBy U.S. military aid
United States government
timePeriod 1980s
Salvadoran Civil War era
trainedAt School of the Americas
trainedBy U.S. Army
linked to: United States Army

United States
victims Jesuit priests at UCA
civilians

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Salvadoran Civil War involvedOrganization Atlacatl Battalion
El Mozote massacre perpetrator Atlacatl Battalion
El Calabozo massacre perpetrator Atlacatl Battalion
El Calabozo massacre trainingOfPerpetrators U.S.-trained Atlacatl Battalion
linked to: Atlacatl Battalion