Board #35 - Modern Political Murder in El Salvador: Patterns of Partisan Targeting of Public Figures

• In Event: 87-300 - Poster Session: War and Terrorism

Brief Overview

Decades after the Peace Accords, public figures and politicians continue to be assassinated in El Salvador. This paper explores why and links these murders to legacies of the country’s civil war.

Author

• Nathalia Melendez, University of Nevada - Reno