1985 Zona Rosa attacks

1985 mass shooting of a restaurant in San Salvador during the Salvadoran Civil War May 2019 13.69 -89.190 title October 2026 The Zona Rosa attack was a guerrilla attack that took place in the Zona Rosa restaurant area of San Salvador, El Salvador at approximately 21:30 on June 19, 1985, during the Salvadoran Civil War. The attack was conducted by gunmen dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, and in total twelve people were killed: four United States Marines, two United States businessmen, a Guatemalan, a Chilean, and four Salvadorans. A left-wing guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers, and its armed wing, the Mardoqueo Cruz Urban Commando claimed responsibility for the attack.May 2024 In July 1985, as part of the Combat Terrorism Act, the United States offered a reward of US$100,000 for information leading to the conviction of the attackers. By September 1985, the Salvadoran government had arrested four men; one of them was Américo Mauro Araujo, a high-ranking Salvadoran Communist Party official. Seven others who were involved in the attack, however, were never apprehended.https://www.washingtonpost.com/ac3/ContentServer?node=world/issues/terrordata&pagename=world/terror&appstat=detail&resulttype=attack&entityId=139&cache12=16 https://web.archive.org/web/20020209040535/http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac3/ContentServer?appstat=detail&cache12=16&entityId=139&node=world%2Fissues%2Fterrordata&pagename=world%2Fterror&resulttype=attack dead 2002-02-09 Zona Rosa Gun Attack in San Salvador, El Salvador Washington Post.com See also El Mozote massacre Albert Schaufelberger References External links http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/special/9609/zr1.htm http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/special/9609/zr5.htm defenselink.mil https://web.archive.org/web/20080110052757/http://www.usip.org/library/tc/doc/reports/el_salvador/tc_es_03151993_casesE2ab.html Category:1980s murders in El Salvador Category:1985 crimes in El Salvador Category:1985 murders in North America Category:20th century in San Salvador Category:Attacks on restaurants in North America Category:Communist terrorist incidents Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in 1985 Category:June 1985 in North America Category:1985 mass murders Category:Massacres in the Salvadoran Civil War Category:1985 mass shootings in North America Category:Terrorist incidents in El Salvador Category:Terrorist incidents in North America in 1985 Category:Mass shootings in El Salvador Category:Crime in San Salvador Category:San Salvador Department