Lignende grusomheder skete i nabolandet El Salvador hvor USA-trænede tropper knivstak, halshuggede, voldtog og skød 767 civile i byen El Mozote i slutningen af 1981 blandt dem 358 børn under 13 år.
Similar atrocities occurred in neighboring El Salvador, where US trained troops stabbed de-capitated, raped and machine gunned 767 civilians in the village of El Mozote in late 1981, including 358 children under age 13.