Raymond Bonner (1942 - ) Raymond Bonner, born on this day in 1942, is one of two journalists who, alongside Alma Guillermoprieto, broke the story of the El Mozote Massacre. The NYT removed Bonner...
Raymond Bonner (1942 - ) Raymond Bonner, born on this day in 1942, is one of two journalists who, alongside Alma Guillermoprieto, broke the story of the El Mozote Massacre. The NYT removed Bonner...
Raymond Bonner (1942 - )
Sat Apr 11, 1942
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Raymond Bonner, born on this day in 1942, is one of two journalists who, alongside Alma Guillermoprieto, broke the story of the El Mozote Massacre. The NYT removed Bonner from covering El Salvador, and he was later spied on by the FBI.
The El Mozote Massacre was an incident in which approximately 900 villagers, mostly women, children, and elderly, were slaughtered in El Salvador by a unit of the Salvadoran Army in 1981. The U.S. government supported this state campaign of terror, providing aid, suppressing information about its crimes, and training some of the soldiers responsible.
After Bonner reported the El Mozote Massacre, his employer, the New York Times, removed him from covering El Salvador, assigning him to the financial desk instead. He eventually resigned.
In 2008, the Washington Post reported that Bonner had been one of four journalists whose telephone call records had been illegally obtained by the FBI between 2002 and 2006. During that time, Bonner had been based in Jakarta, Indonesia, filing reports on detainee abuse and illegal surveillance.
- Date: 1942-04-11
- Learn More: en.wikipedia.org, www.theatlantic.com.
- Tags: #Birthdays, #Massacre, #Journalism.
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