"It is a day of celebration for all defenders of Human Rights.” Statement by President Higgins on the canonisation of Archbishop Óscar Romero: https://president.ie/en/media-library/news-releases/statement-by-president-higgins-on-the-canonisation-of-archbishop-oscar-romero …
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In October 2013, President Higgins visited the Monument to Memory and Truth in San Salvador, containing 30,000 names of the people murdered during the Civil War in El Salvador. Photo Chris Bellew /Fennell Photographypic.twitter.com/Jo4fzlYU7C
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The President identified the name of his friend, the Salvadoran lawyer Marianella Garcia who was raped and murdered by soldiers a year after a fact-finding mission to the country led by Mr Higgins to investigate a massacre at the rural village of El Mozote.
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The President also paid his respect to Archbishop Romero, whose name is included among the over 30,000 names on the monument honouring those murdered during the Civil War in El Salvador.
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https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-views-the-monument-to-memory-and-truth-and-attends-an-ngo-partner …pic.twitter.com/goq0ivjVMv
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