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Archbishop Romero of El Salvador was a member of the Salvadoran aristocracy. He could not have risen to the top of the church hierarchy otherwise. But after he began voicing critical remarks about the war and concerned comments about the poor, he was assassinated.
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3 CONSPIRACY: PHOBIA AND REALITY, The JFK Assassination II: p. 189

 

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