El Mozote | |
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Village | |
 El Mozote in 2003 | |
  El Mozote | |
| Coordinates: 13°54′N 88°07′W / 13.900°N 88.117°W | |
| Department | Morazán |
| Municipality | Arambala |
El Mozote [el moˈsote] is a village in the Morazán Department in El Salvador. It was the site of the El Mozote massacre during the civil war in December 1981 when nearly 1,000 civilians were killed by a Salvadoran Army unit known as the Atlácatl Battalion.