El Mozote

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El Mozote
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Motto: 
"Siempre requerce."
CountryEl Salvador
Settled1885
Government
 • MayorFernando Covarrubias Velázquez
Population
 (2019)
 • Total2,193

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.