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A group of men, women and children gather around a religious statue holding the Holy Infant of Atocha in Berlín. The statue is standing on top of a blue wooden table where there is also a vase with flowers. An elderly women is standing on the right, with her arms crossed on her chest and wearing a black veil on her head. Behind her there are three men, one of them holding a child in his arms. Guerrillas occupied the town for four days before the Salvadoran military attacked the town with rockets launched from airplanes. Bishop Arturo Rivera y Damas, bishop of San Salvador, denounced the assault a few days after and announced that the destruction left more than 300 people (mostly civilians, and few Salvadoran soldiers and rebels) dead during that week of February. Un grupo de hombres, mujeres y niños se reúnen alrededor de una estatua religiosa que sostiene al Santo Niño de Atocha en Berlín. La estatua está de pie en la parte superior de una mesa de madera azul, donde también hay un jarrón con flores. Una anciana está de pie a la derecha, con los brazos cruzados sobre el pecho y con un velo negro sobre la cabeza. Detrás de ella hay tres hombres, uno de ellos con un niño en sus brazos. Los guerrilleros ocuparon la ciudad durante cuatro días antes de que los militares salvadoreños atacaran a la ciudad con cohetes lanzados desde aviones. El obispo Arturo Rivera y Damas, obispo de San Salvador, denunció pocos días después el asalto y anunció que la destrucción dejó a más de 300 personas (en su mayoría civiles, y pocos soldados y rebeldes salvadoreños) muertas durante esa semana de febrero.
Catholic Church buildings Archdiocese of San Salvador (El Salvador) Rites and ceremonies El Salvador--History--1979-1992 El Salvador--Social conditions
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