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The Murder of El Salvador's Jesuits
The shocking killings that became a turning point in the Salvadorean civil war. In Nov 1989 government soldiers shot dead six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter.
In November 1989 government soldiers shot dead six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her teenage daughter. The shocking killings became a turning point in the Salvadorean civil war. We hear from Lucia Cerna, who was forced to flee the country because of what she witnessed that night.
(Photo: Mourners gather for the funeral of the Salvadorean Jesuits. Credit: AP/Luis Romero)
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