These days, countries such as Mexico, Brazil and El Salvador are battered by criminal wars. In El Salvador, few of the burial sites have been found. Disappearances bring back a Cold War nightmareNo one knows exactly how many people in El Salvador have gone missing. El Salvador today is a democracy, with free elections and onetime Marxists in congress. “The neighborhood is really dangerous.”Another relative was more blunt: “Saying the wrong thing could get you killed.”The legacy of fear in El Salvador is profound.

Source: Washington Post October 19, 2019 18:56 UTC