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This building, on the grounds
of the University of Central America (UCA), was the residence
of the 6 Jesuit priests who were murdered by the Salvadoran army.
The priests were brought into this courtyard in the middle of
the night of November 16, 1989, and each shot in the head with
exploding bullets. Their brains were seen as a threat to the
government. The gardener's wife and daughter, who had come to
the compound to spend the night for what they thought would be
a safe place were also murdered, so that no witnesses would be
left behind. The rose garden was planted by the gardener as a
memorial to the victims, a red rose for each priest, and a white
one for each for his wife and his daughter. |
