Picture of Romero's assassination on March 24, 1980.
The archbishop was shot in the chest by one of Roberto D'Aubuission's death squads as he gave a service in a San Salvador church.

Photo taken from Weakness and Deceit.
Bonner, Raymond.  Weakness and Deceit: U.S. Policy and El Salvador.  The New York Times Book Co., Inc., New York, NY.  1984.

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