{"id":135813,"date":"2017-12-03T04:47:47","date_gmt":"2017-12-03T09:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=135813"},"modified":"2025-01-13T07:46:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T12:46:28","slug":"us-rep-mcgovern-joins-human-rights-trip-to-el-salvador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/03\/us-rep-mcgovern-joins-human-rights-trip-to-el-salvador\/","title":{"rendered":"US Rep. McGovern joins human rights trip to El Salvador"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_135823\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135823\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Jim-McGovern.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-135823\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Jim-McGovern.jpg\" alt=\"Jim McGovern (Photo by United States Congress - U.S. Government Printing Office, Public Domain)\" width=\"675\" height=\"825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Jim-McGovern.jpg 675w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Jim-McGovern-245x300.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-135823\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim McGovern (<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=29192181\" target=\"_blank\">Photo by United States Congress &#8211; U.S. Government Printing Office, Public Domain<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>BOSTON \u2014 \u00a0Massachusetts U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern is in El Salvador hoping to highlight human rights issues and strengthen U.S. ties with the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Worcester Democrat says he&#8217;ll review efforts to prosecute those responsible for the El Mozote massacre, one of Latin America&#8217;s bloodiest.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy ciprodex online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indcheminternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/ciprodex.html\">https:\/\/www.indcheminternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/ciprodex.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>More than 1,000 people were killed in December 1981 in and around the hamlet of El Mozote.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy augmentin online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indcheminternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/augmentin.html\">https:\/\/www.indcheminternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/augmentin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> Hundreds more were displaced. Soldiers entered the area looking for guerrillas but killed civilians instead.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy symbicort inhaler online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indcheminternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/symbicort-inhaler.html\">https:\/\/www.indcheminternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/symbicort-inhaler.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>McGovern says while El Salvador has made progress in strengthening its judicial system, \u201cpursuing justice in the El Mozote case is a critical opportunity to make a clear break with the culture of impunity that has plagued the country for so long.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McGovern left Friday and is expected to be in the country through Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOSTON \u2014 \u00a0Massachusetts U.S. Rep. 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