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A group of Salvadoran cadets lay on the ground as they participate in parachuting exercise under the supervision of American military advisors at Ilopango Military Base in San Salvador. They are all wearing helmets and holding their arms against their chests. The base, whose pilots were mostly trained in the United States, was run by General Juan Rafael Bustillo. General Bustillos was charged in 2017 for the El Mozote Massacre, where approximately 1,000 people were executed by Atlacatl Battalion during “Operation Rescate” in December 1981. More than half of the victims were children and adolescents. Starting in Spring 1983, Ilopango Military Base became the center of CIA operations in support the Nicaraguan Contras. Un grupo de cadetes salvadoreños yacen sobre el suelo mientras participan en un ejercicio de paracaidismo bajo la supervisión de asesores militares estadounidenses en la base aérea militar de Ilopango en El Salvador. Todos llevan cascos y tienen sus brazos sobre sus pechos. La base, cuyos pilotos fueron entrenados principalmente en los Estados Unidos, fue dirigida por el general Juan Rafael Bustillo. En el 2017, el general Bustillos fue acusado de la Masacre de El Mozote, donde aproximadamente 1.000 personas fueron ejecutadas por el Batallón Atlacatl durante la “Operación Rescate” en diciembre de 1981. Más de la mitad de las víctimas eran niños y adolescentes. A partir de la primavera de 1983, la base militar Ilopango se convirtió en el centro de operaciones de la CIA estadounidense en apoyo a la contra nicaragüense.
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United States. Army United States--Foreign relations--El Salvador Parachute troops Counterinsurgency El Salvador--History--1979-1992 El Salvador. Ejército
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