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MAYEN LIVES ON AT PLAZA BARRIOS.

Fifty year old popular painter Elena Lemus appears in front of two paintings of important people of El Salvaodor’s history. Schafik Jorge Hándal, leader of the current party currently governing the country and the deceased journalist spokesperson for Comandos de Salvamento commonly known as Mayen. The painter is a student of the city’s municipal art workshops.  She states that Mayen always walked in the afternoons around Plaza Gerardo Barrios in this historic area .  She maintains his memory so that he is always present in the park. Foto: Francisco Campos

Foto of Elena in March during Obama’s visit.