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Archbishop Arturo Rivera y Damas walks up the stairs of the Cathedral of San Salvador to celebrate mass on the third anniversary of the assassination of Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero during Palm Sunday celebrations. He holds palm fronds in his hands and is accompanied by a priest and two altar boys. In the background of the image there is a large crowd of people watching the day's events. 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. El arzobispo Arturo Rivera y Damas camina por las calles de San Salvador en camino hacia la catedral de San Salvador para celebrar la misa de domingo de ramos durante el tercer aniversario del asesinato del arzobispo Óscar Arnulfo Romero durante las celebraciones del domingo de palmas. Él sostiene palmas en sus manos y es acompañado por un sacerdote y dos monaguillos. Detrás de ellos al fondo de la imagen se observa una multitud presenciando los eventos del día. 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.
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