Arcatao – Unfinished Sentences

Arcatao During the War

Carlota remembers the challenging economic conditions that inhabitants of Arcatao experienced during the war.

Otilia remembers soldiers storming in during a religious ceremony and killing her brother.

Obdulio connects the origins of the war to the injustices that the Salvadoran government put its people through.

Esperanza analyzes the changes she saw in El Salvador following the Peace Accords.

Edith describes her childhood and how household labor was divided among family members.

Maximina remembers guerrilla commander Jesús Rojas and the help he provided to Arcatao.

Obdulio describes the war left Arcatao without priests, and community-trained teachers (called “popular teachers”) began to emerge around 1987.

Trinidad tells how she was informed of son’s death in the guerrilla, and she describes a back injury that she suffered due to a mortar explosion.

Marta describes the difficulty of life as a guerrilla and her process of leaving the organization.

Nelson explains he was arrested for disobeying orders by the army to participate in paramilitary patrols.

While returning from Honduras to resettle Arcatao, Arminda and others were detained at a military detachment for fifteen days.

Víctor describes his detention in 1977 on his way back home from a meeting.