| The following photos are from Santa Tecla,
aka New San Salvador. |
| This day was particularly difficult because much
of the destruction here was unnecessary. |
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This image is from
a landslide that buried hundreds of people. There were rows of houses in the clearing that
were wiped out. |
| The people who lived there had
been protesting for months against the building of very upscale homes into the mountain.
Although the mayor's office did not given permission, the houses were built anyway,
cutting into the mountain to do it. This is what caused the landslide, and hundreds of
people who lived below to be buried alive. Now they are truly voiceless. |
