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Weekly Report - 28 May 2015 (WR-15-21)
EL SALVADOR: Romero beatified amid resurgence of violence
Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero, El Salvador’s most famous son, was beatified on 23 May, just over 35 years after he was infamously assassinated while celebrating mass. Romero had the courage to speak out against state-sponsored violence, ordering soldiers not to kill innocent civilians, and paid with his life; his murder was the catalyst for the civil war that ravaged the country from 1980-1992. In a bitter irony, the beatification took place at a time when El Salvador faces the worst outbreak of violence since the civil war, with elite army battalions taking to the streets to combat mara gangs engaged in brutal turf wars, and rumours of death squads operating once again [WR-15-17].
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