On Thursday we visited the guerilla museum. This museum houses newspaper articles, photos and an actual mock up of the type of encampments used during the civil war. This museum also was the location of the U.N. Peace accord that ended the 12 year civil war. 
Prior to that our first stop was the massacre site and memorial at El Mozote. In 1981, the government militia, that was trained with the assistance of the U.S.A., massacred over 1000 members of the community of El Mozote and residents of the neighboring areas. The youngest was 3 days old. No one was spared. Prior to the killings was torture, and also rape of younger girls starting at age 10. Since 2012, a new memorial was raised. Estella, the guide for us asked us to tell the story in hopes that it will never happen again. The new memorial is down the road and around 3000 feet above sea level and the view of the surrounding mountains and valleys. It makes it so hard to understand why such cruelty could exist. 
A new El Mozote memorial.
On the ride back, Dru and I decided, while drying our tears, to use Psalms 121, " I will lift up mine eyes
to the hills from which comes my help, it comes from The Lord."
The rest of night was spent packing for the next day's visit to Casa de Zinc.
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