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Joaquim Zapata Romero

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April 16, 1984

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Zapata

Foreign Service National
Year of Death: 1984

Joaquim Alfredo Zapata Romero, Foreign Service National, died on April 16, 1984, in San Salvador, El Salvador. The Regional Security Office investigator was shot by five armed men.

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