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"Sources at the [SOA] say that when…soldiers go through the urban-combat exercise with blanks in their weapons, half the time the village priest (played by a U.S. Army chaplain) is killed or roughed up."
–Newsweek Magazine, August 9, 1993

"Many of the critics [of the SOA] supported Marxism — Liberation Theology — ;which was defeated with the assistance of the U.S. Army."
– United States Army School of the Americas web page, June, 1999

• Ignacio Ellacuria, rector of the University and an outspoken critic of the Army


• Ignacio Martin Baro, who studied the effects of war on the human psyche


• Segundo Montes, a strong advocate for refugees and human rights


• Amano Lopez, a gifted counselor and pastoral worker


• Joaquin Lopez y Lopez, director of an education program in poor communities


• Juan Ramon Moreno, a gifted preacher and retreat leader


• Elba Ramos, the Jesuits’ housekeeper, remembered as sensitive and intuitive


• Celina Ramos, Elba’s 14-year-old daughter who had worked as a catechist

• 1LT Yusshy Rene Mendoza Vallecillos, 1988, Commando Operation Course


• CPL Angel Perez Vasquez, 1987, Small Unit Training and Management


• 1LT Jose R. Espinoza Guerra, 1982, Spanish Officer Cadet Course


• 1LT Gonzalo Guevara Cerritos, 1988, El Salvador Cadet Course


• COL Carlos Armando Aviles Buitrago, 1968, Cadet Course


• GEN Juan Rafael Bustillo, 1965, Counterinsurgency Orientation


• COL Francisco Elena Fuentes, 1985-1986, Guest Instructor; 1973, Officer Supply


• 1LT Francisco M. Gallardo Mata, 1992, Combat Operations; 1990, Combat Arms


• LTC Carlos Camillio Hernandez Barahona, 1972, Combat Arms


• 1LT Ramon E. Lopez Larios, 1992, Combat Arms; 1988, Infantry Officer


• 1LT Rene Roberto Lopez Morales, 1990, Combined Officer Advanced Course; 1988, Commando Operations Course; 1987, Combat Arms Officer Course


• COL Inocente Orlando Montano, 1970, Engineer Officer Course


• GEN Juan Orlando Zepeda, 1975, Urban Counterinsurgency Ops.; 1969, Unnamed


• 1LT Mario Arevalo Melendez, 1989, Commando Operations Course


• CPT Jose Fuentes Rodas, 1986, Combat Arms Officer Course; 1980, Cadet Orientation


• SGT Antonio Ramiro Avalos Vargas, 1988, Small Unit Training and Management


• 1LT Jose V. Hernandez Ayala, 1991, Combat Arms Officer Course


• 1LT Edgar Santiago Martinez Marroquin, 1991, Combat Arms Officer Course


• COL Nelson Lopez y Lopez, 1968, Cadet Course


• COL Manuel Antonio Rivas Mejia, 1975, Urban Counterinsurgency Ops.;1970, Cadet


• GEN Gilberto Rubio, 1976, Logistics Management Course,1971, Tactical Officer Cadet