Matt Eisenbrandt’s Assassination of a Saint details the plot to murder the El Salvadorian archbishop that sparked a civil war and offers an explanation
The assassination of the archbishop Óscar Romero as he celebrated mass in March 1980 remains one of the most notorious political murders of the 20th century. The murder plunged El Salvador into a full-blown civil war which eventually left 80,000 dead and 8,000 disappeared.
Romero is still one of Latin America’s most revered figures; his canonization – the final step to sainthood – is imminent. But almost four decades after his murder, the killers remain free.
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