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The Murder of Oscar Romero
The murder of Oscar Remero happened in a little hospital chapel in El Salvador at the end of his service. His service was on his good friend called Rutillio Grande who was a Jesuit priest in the church. The people there said that they think the murderers where policemen dressed in normal civilian cloths. "There was a number of shots fired and then I saw oscar fall back after being shot through the chest." The people there also said that he died almost immediatly. There was a very big funeral in El Salvador but to find out more on this click on the next link.
By Robin McMurray