Sumpul River
River in El Salvador / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Sumpul River (Spanish: río Sumpul) is a river in north-western El Salvador on the border with Honduras. It flows through the Chalatenango Department.[1]
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Country | El Salvador, Honduras |
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• coordinates | 13°59′01″N 88°46′58″W |
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On 14 May 1980, the river and the nearby village of Las Aradas were the site of a massacre by the Salvadoran Armed Forces that left between 300 and 600 people dead.