Tag: El Salvador

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January 23, 1984: Bombers ‘accidentally’ hit wrong target in El Salvador

Post author By Phil Gurski
Post date 2022-01-23
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FMLN guerrillas, Chalatenago, El Salvador, 1992 (Photo: scottmontreal on flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0)

On January 23, 1984 a mine went off under a commuter plane in El Salvador killing one person and wounding five others.

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July 15, 1984: Terrorists attack train in El Salvador

Post author By Phil Gurski
Post date 2021-07-15
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Political graffiti in Torola, El Savador, 2009 (Photo: john flanigan on flickr, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

On July 15, 1984 terrorists from the FMLN bombed a freight train El Salvador and shot 25 treasury police, killing 21.

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February 28, 1984: Leftist terrorists bomb train in El Salvador

Post author By Phil Gurski
Post date 2021-02-28
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On this day in 1984 leftist terrorists belonging to the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front blew up two trains in El Salvador, killing 18 people

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So now gangs are terrorists too? No, they are most definitely not

Post author By Phil Gurski
Post date 2020-01-13
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How do you define terrorism? We may not all agree with what terrorism is, but I wish we could agree on what it isn’t!

Tags CSIS, Ecoterrorism, El Salvador, Radicalization