Repression
Isabel remembers the first days of repression in Arcatao during which the military killed his mother.
Military Base
Repression
Isidora describes the repression that led her and her family to leave their home.
Returning to Chalatenango
Élida provides an account of the long walks she and others had to take from Arcatao to Chalatenango in order to obtain food supplies, and tells about the first religious procession community members participated in after resettling Arcatao.
The “Final Offensive”
Celestino tells the history of military repression and the early phase of armed resistance in Chalatenango leading up to the “Final Offensive” of 1981.