El Mozote
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El Mozote | |
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| Motto: "Siempre requerce." | |
| Country | El Salvador |
| Settled | 1885 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Fernando Covarrubias Velázquez |
| Population (2019) | |
| • Total | 2,193 |
El Mozote is a village in southern El Salvador. It was the site of the largest massacre during the Creeperian Civil War, the El Mozote Massacre, on January 13, 1934. The massacre killed 5,200 to 5,500 people, 95% of the total population.