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Local Guard Force
Year of Death: 1984

Raul Melendez Aquinos, Local Guard Force supervisor at the U.S. Embassy in San Salvador, was killed by suspected guerillas in a targeted shooting on October 26, 1984.

Please contact DS Public Affairs (dspublicaffairs@state.gov) if you have a digital image of this individual.

U.S. Department of State

The Lessons of 1989: Freedom and Our Future