Massacre in El Salvador (full documentary) | FRONTLINE + ProPublica + RetroReport (Aired 2021)

An investigation into the fight for justice after a deadly 1981 attack on the village of El Mozote and surrounding areas, and how the case against high-ranking military officials faltered. (Aired 2021) This journalism is made possible by viewers like you. Donate to FRONTLINE now: https://bit.ly/47DFzCb And support your local PBS station here: https://www.pbs.org/donate This short documentary from FRONTLINE, Retro Report and ProPublica examined the horrors of what happened when U.S.-trained and equipped Salvadoran soldiers killed some 1,000 civilians, many of them children, in an attack more than 40 years ago. In the documentary, Raymond Bonner — who was one of the first journalists to bear witness to the aftermath of the massacre — recounted the experience of reporting the story and spoke with survivors of the attack. This on-the-ground investigation detailed how, for decades following the tragedy, there was little movement towards holding anyone accountable, and how the case against high-ranking military officials faltered under Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. “Massacre in El Salvador” laid bare the nation’s grisly past and the decades-long struggle for justice. “Massacre in El Salvador” is a FRONTLINE and Retro Report production with ProPublica. The producer and writer is Kit R. Roane. The senior producers are Frank Koughan and Molly Knight Raskin. The executive producer of Retro Report is Kyra Darnton. Explore additional reporting on "Massacre in El Salvador" on our website: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/do... #Documentary #ElSalvador #ElMozote Subscribe on YouTube:    / pbsfrontline   Sign up for our newsletter: https://frontline.org/newsletter Instagram:   / frontlinepbs​   Facebook:   / frontline   Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/frontlinepbs... FRONTLINE is produced at GBH in Boston and airs nationwide on PBS. The editor-in-chief and executive producer of FRONTLINE is Raney Aronson-Rath. Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, with major support from Ford Foundation. Additional support for FRONTLINE is provided by the Abrams Foundation, Park Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Heising-Simons Foundation, and the FRONTLINE Trust, with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation, and additional support from Koo and Patricia Yuen. CHAPTERS: 00:00 - The 1981 Massacre in El Mozote & Surrounding Areas 03:16 - The Aftermath of the El Mozote Massacre in El Salvador 06:52 - How President Reagan’s Administration Reacted to the Massacre at El Mozote 12:33 - What a Forensic Team Found at El Mozote in 1992 18:00 - The El Mozote Case Under Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele 26:07 - Credits