Domingo Monterrosa

In this Hispanic American name, the first or paternal surname is Monterrosa and the second or maternal family name is Barrios.
Lieutenant Colonel

Domingo Monterrosa
Born
José Domingo Monterrosa Barrios

(1940-08-04)4 August 1940
Berlín, El Salvador
Died23 October 1984(1984-10-23) (aged 44)
Joateca, El Salvador
Cause of deathHelicopter crash
Allegiance El Salvador
Branch Salvadoran Army
Service years1963–1984
RankLieutenant colonel
CommandsAtlácatl Battalion
Known forEl Mozote massacre
ConflictsFootball War
Salvadoran Civil War †
Alma materCaptain General Gerardo Barrios Military School
School of the Americas

José Domingo Monterrosa Barrios (4 August 1940 – 23 October 1984) was a military commander of the Armed Forces of El Salvador during the Salvadoran Civil War, responsible for the El Mozote murders. He was killed in a helicopter crash when a bomb planted by the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front in a radio transmitter detonated over Joateca.

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