El Mozote Monument

Humbling and inspirational

El Mozote is the site of the massacre ln December 11, 1981 of all the civilians who lived there except one. About 1000 people were killed, 80% of them under the age of 18 and many under the age of 12...

Sobering

Along with the museum, this place is very humbling. El Mozote should be visited by all travelers to El Salvador in the same way that Anne Franks house should be by anyone visiting the Netherlands or t...

Very moving monument to a civil war massacre

We visited Mozote on a recommendation. It was moving, commemorating an awful event - the slaughter of innocent men, women, and children by the then-government during the civil war 35 years ago. An old...

Such a sad list.

How could such slaughter happen? Our guide thought the soldiers were drugged. Names and ages on the plaques so many babies.

Moving display and historical site

Very moving display and historical site in honor of the upwards of 800+ people slaughtered in the Mozote Massacre. Only challenge is getting there: there's basically no regular or reliable public tran...