Morazán was a major stronghold of the guerrilla movement during the 1979-1992 civil war . The infamous El Mozote massacre took place in this department in the village of El Mozote on December 11 , 1981 , when Salvadoran armed forces killed an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign . Originally dismissed by the Salvadoran and United States governments as an invention of anti-government propaganda , the massacre was confirmed in the early 1990s through exhumation of bodies buried at the site . A museum commemorating the Salvadoran civil war , the Museum of the Revolution , was established in the municipality of Perquín
El Mozote massacre
El Mozote massacre
Morazán Department