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Coronel Jaime Flores Grijalva, commander of the Third Infantry Brigade of the Salvadoran Army in San Miguel, is reading a map with an army officer. Grijalva is holding the map while the other soldier is pointing at an area on the map. The soldier is wearing glasses and a hat that reads "Airborne" with two yellow starsr on it. Grijalva is returning to San Agustín after a 5-day guerrilla occupation of this town. Though now deceased, Colonel Grijalva is among 32 Salvadoran military officers accused of directing, ordering, or participating in the operation that killed almost 1,000 people in December 1981 in El Mozote and its surroundings. Half of those victims were children and adolescents. In January 2018 a Salvadoran court recognized the events as war crimes and crimes against humanity. El coronel Jaime Flores Grijalva, comandante de la tercera brigada de infantería del ejército salvadoreño en San Miguel, está leyendo un mapa con un oficial del ejército. Grijalva sostiene el mapa mientras el otro soldado apunta a un área en el mapa. El soldado lleva lentes de sol y una cachucha que lee "Airborne" y tiene dos estrellas amarillas sobre ella. El coronel Grijalva regresa a San Agustín después de 5 días de ocupación guerrillera en esta ciudad. El coronel Grijalva, ahora fallecido, se encuentra entre los 32 oficiales militares salvadoreños acusados ??de dirigir, ordenar o participar en la operación que mató a casi 1,000 personas en diciembre de 1981, masacre en la cual la mitad de las victimas fueron niños y adolecentes, en El Mozote y sus alrededores. En enero de 2018, un tribunal salvadoreño reconoció los hechos como crímenes de guerra y crímenes de contra la humanidad.
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