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In the foreground, a man stacks on a wooden wheelbarrow salvaged aluminum sheets from a bombed area. In the background, women, men, and children look at the debris of bombed buildings in Berlín, El Salvador. Guerrillas occupied the town for four days before the military hit the town with bombs from airplanes. Arturo Rivera y Damas, the San Salvador acting bishop at the time, denounced the attack a few days after the destruction. A church count showed more than 300 people (mostly civilians, and few Salvadoran soldiers and rebels) died during that week of February. En el primer plano, un hombre apila en una carretilla de madera hojas de aluminio rescatadas de un área bombardeada. En el fondo, mujeres, hombres y niños miran los escombros de edificios bombardeados en Berlín, El Salvador. Los guerrilleros ocuparon la ciudad durante cuatro días antes de que los militares golpearan la ciudad con bombas desde los aviones. Arturo Rivera y Damas, el obispo en funciones de San Salvador de la época, denunció el ataque pocos días después de la destrucción. Un recuento de la Iglesia, mostró que más de 300 personas (en su mayoría civiles, y pocos soldados y rebeldes salvadoreños) habían muerto durante esa semana de febrero.
Bombings El Salvador--Usulután (Department) El Salvador--Social Conditions El Salvador--History--1979-1992 El Salvador--Politics and Government--1979-1992 Civil war
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