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A crowd of women and children stand before a memorial commemorating the third year since the assassination of Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero during Palm Sunday celebrations at the Cathedral of San Salvador in San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador. The memorial before them is covered in palm fronds and colorful flowers. The mass was held by Archbishop Arturo Rivera y Damas. Romero was shot as he celebrated mass in a hospital chapel on March 24, 1980. Pope Francis canonized Romero, now Saint Óscar Romero, in 2018. The United Nations-led Truth Commission investigation concluded in 1983 that Roberto d'Aubuisson, a right wing politician that set up anti-communist death squad in El Salvador, was responsible for the murder of Romero but he was never brought to justice. Richard Cross took this image in 1982 while covering the presidential election and War of Liberation in El Salvador. Richard Cross took this image in 1982 while covering the presidential election and War of Liberation in El Salvador. Una multitud de mujeres y niños yacen parados mientras asisten a un evento en conmemoración de los tres años desde el asesinato del arzobispo Óscar Arnulfo Romero durante las celebraciones del domingo de ramos en la catedral de San Salvador, ubicada en San Salvador, la capital de El Salvador. El monumento frente a ellos yace cubierto de frondas de palma y de flores coloridas. La misa fue celebrada por el arzobispo Arturo Rivera y Damas. Romero recibió un disparo cuando celebró una misa en la capilla de un hospital el 24 de marzo de 1980. El Papa Francisco canonizó a Romero, ahora San Óscar Romero, en 2018. La investigación de la Comisión de la Verdad dirigida por las Naciones Unidas concluyó en 1983 que Roberto d'Aubuisson, un político de derecha que creó un escuadrón de la muerte anticomunista en El Salvador, fue responsable del asesinato de Romero, pero nunca fue llevado ante la justicia. Richard Cross tomó esta fotografía en 1982 durante su estadía en El Salvador cubriendo las elecciones y la guerra de liberación.
Memorials--El Salvador--San Salvador Romero, Óscar A. (Óscar Arnulfo), Saint, 1917-1980--Assassination Priests--Violence against Bishops--Violence against El Salvador--History--1979-1992
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