El Mozote Massacre took place in and around the village of El Mozote , in Morazán department , El Salvador , on the December 11,1981 when the Salvadoran Army killed more than 800 civilians during the Salvadoran Civil War . The El Mozote massacre was preceded by the Indigenous Genocide massacre of 1932 , the Student massacre of 1975 , and the Óscar Romero funeral massacre and Sumpul River massacre in 1980 . It was followed by the El Calabozo massacre in 1982 , the Tenango - Guadalupe massacre and Tenancingo - Copapayo massacre in 1983 , and the Guaslinga - Los Llanitos massacre in 1984
Sumpul River massacre
Sumpul River massacre
El Mozote massacre