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It is most likely that the members of the Salvadorian right-wing paramilitaries were trained in the United States. There are numerous instances of U.S. supported governments (right wing in every documented case) in Latin America sending their soldiers to be trained at Fort Benning, GA, also known as the School of the Americas, and now WHINSEC (Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation). This facility used to be located in Panama, and was nicknamed "La escuela de asesinos", or the school of the assassins. Panama kicked the school out back in 1984 under the terms of the Panama Canal treaty. It was then relocated to Fort Benning. There is a massive vigil held at the gates there every year where human rights activists of all walks of life (priests, celebrities--Martin Sheen was there last year, students, etc) rally to shut it down. Check out this link for more history and general insight, http://www.soaw.org/about-the-soawhinsec/history.