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Security & Strategic Review - February 2025
EL SALVADOR: Mixed movement on transitional justice
On 10 December, four days before the 43rd anniversary of the El Mozote massacre, one of the worst atrocities of El Salvador’s 1980-1992 civil war, various civil society groups issued a statement decrying a lack of progress in the case. Their statement highlights ongoing impunity concerns following the May 2024 decision by the 60-member unicameral legislature, which is controlled by President Nayib Bukele’s Nuevas Ideas (NI), to shelve a bill on transitional justice and reparations for civil war victims [SSR-24-07]. While the previous month, new charges were announced in relation to another high-profile civil war case – the 1989 massacre of six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper, and her daughter at the Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas (UCA) Jesuit university – these continue to meet with scepticism among those suspicious that Bukele is exploiting the case for political gain.
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