Lieutenant Colonel Domingo Monterrosa | |
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Birth name | José Domingo Monterrosa Barrios |
Born | Berlín, El Salvador | 4 August 1940
Died | 23 October 1984 Joateca, El Salvador | (aged 44)
Cause of death | Helicopter crash |
Allegiance | El Salvador |
Service | Salvadoran Army |
Years of service | 1963–1984 |
Rank | Lieutenant colonel |
Commands | Atlácatl Battalion |
Known for | El Mozote massacre |
Battles / wars | Football War Salvadoran Civil War † |
Alma mater | Captain General Gerardo Barrios Military School School of the Americas |
José Domingo Monterrosa Barrios (4 August 1940 – 23 October 1984) was a military commander of the Armed Forces of El Salvador during the Salvadoran Civil War. He was killed in a helicopter crash when a bomb planted by the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) in a radio transmitter detonated over Joateca.