FMLN Base – Perquin, El Salvador
The rebel – FMLN – wartime stronghold in the mounatins of northern El Salvador during the Civil War that lasted 12 years, 1980 – 1992, and claimed 75,000 lives. Here I speak with a former guerilla, Catalino, who joined the guerillas at age 17.
Catalino – now a guide, once a guerilla, shows his past in a photo
A Tatu or underground bunker built to escape aerial bombardment
The stronghold once held up to 25,000 fighters and their families
Simple field hospital (Reconstructed)
Family, amid the ex-camp grounds
Bomb casings and bomb crater
Mountainous vista from atop of Cerro Perquin
Remains of trenches and foxholes that ringed the mountain top base
Where the rebel radio station broadcast
Sunny, calm day atop of Cerro Perquin
I will be updating this post with video … and info
