of army soldiers and the United States was funding the army, the United States was indirectly funding the death squads as well. The most notorious US-trained army battalion was the Atlácatl Battalion. The battalion committed two of the deadliest massacres during the civil war: the El Calabozo massacre and the El Mozote massacre. Meanwhile, the National Guard, the No. 1 Military Detachment, and paramilitaries that were formerly a part of ORDEN committed the Sumpul River massacre on the Honduran border. See also 1979 Salvadoran coup d'état Right-wing paramilitarism in El Salvador Salvadoran Civil War References External links El Salvador Civil War – Military Junta – Salvadoran Civil War – TV Eye – 1981 1979 in El Salvador 1980 in El Salvador 1981 in El Salvador 1982 in El Salvador 20th century in El Salvador Cold War history by country History of El Salvador El Salvador Salvadoran Civil War