A Letter to Mayen, “To my Father”
The following is a letter from the daughter of Mayen that lives in Miami. She contacted us via our Facebook page. Eduardo Rivera Mayen or “papi” as I used to know him, was a man…
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Historic Narratives of CDS.
Last Goodbye to Eduardo Rivera Mayen: Journalist Spokesman for CDS
Dozens of EMS volunteers from Comandos de Salvamento were accompanied by members of the Red and Green Cross, the National Fire Dept, family members, friends, delegates from political parties and representatives from Civil Protection to…
Eduardo Rivera Mayen R.I.P.
[podcast]https://dev.comandosdesalvamento.org/1/moozic/MAYEN/AMIGOMAYEN.mp3[/podcast] A great friend and Comando at heart, Eduardo Mayen was found dead in his apartment today by a small brigade of Comandos that were sent out to check on him. He had not been…
Las Colinas: The First Ground Zero of 2001
By Mark Hoffman: CDS International Rep Ten years ago on January 13th 2001, an earthquake in El Salvador caused a mudslide in the neighborhood of Las Colinas on the outskirts of San Salvador. The 7.6…
Civil War 1981
On January 10th 1981, the Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberación Nacional started what they called their “final offensive” against a revolutionary military Junta “coup d’etat” that had recently taken over the Salvadoran government. The…
Edgar Cornejo Díaz: Founder of Comandos de Salvamento
Gloria Astrid Hurtarte Cornejo, daughter of the founder of Comandos de Salvamento was interviewed and gave her thoughts on her father. “My dad was born on June 17 1932 in Armenia and died on March 24, 1993. He…
July 5th 2006
Other camera angles documenting our work with other EMS groups during a violent demonstration where high caliber weapons were used against the Unidad Mantenimiento de Orden police.
Grandes Fotos de Ricardo Segura
Journalist Ricardo Segura, with the newspaper CoLatino, is one of the most famous volunteer colaborator with Comandos de Salvamento. Some days he volunteers as ambulance driver, while other days he works and documents the daily…
Muere Veterano Comando
A veteran of Comandos de Salvamento passed away on March 31st at 71 years of age. His name was José Natividad de la O Rodríguez, better known as “Don Nati” and was the founder of…
CDS 30 Years Ago: Oscar Romero
Today is the thirtieth year anniversary of the murder of San Salvador Archbishop Oscar Romero y Galdamez. Comandos de Salvamento was there during his burial. Video Footage by Journalist John Hoagland. Comandos de Salvamento/Green Cross…
Mudslide and Flooding Analysis
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