Cadaver Recovery
Our delegate base in Apopa participated in the recovery of a cadaver on Cerro de Nejapa. The operation was challenging due to the rough terrain common in this mountainous area.
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Violence & Human Rights
FENASTRAS Bombing Remembered, 1989
On 31 October 1989, a bomb devastated the headquarters of the FENASTRAS labor federation in San Salvador, killing union members and others and injuring dozens. The attack took place amid a campaign of death-squad violence…
Gunshot Assault
Comandos attended to 60yo Mr. Joseph in a local sidewalk cafe within La Colonia Medica San Salvador after he was attacked. The victim said he was assaulted and shot in the leg after leaving a…
Gunshot Downtown
Recently, the Central Base dispatched an EMS unit to downtown San Salvador at la 2 calle ote. and av. España to attend to a 19yo gunshot patient. He was immediately transported to Rosales Hospital. Comandos Alcides and…
Challenge to the Women of Comandos
Speech by the vice president of comandos on International Women’s Day at the Comandos de Salvamento Women’s Forum. Nov. 25, 2012. DEAR FRIENDS: My presence and my speech at this event were not scheduled by…
CDS Fumigation Team Threatened
CDS Volunteers from our Vector fumigation unit suspended operations in Ilopango due to threats generated by armed people in la colonia La Lasca. One volunteer was hit in the head with a gun and two…
Street Fight
Domingo 19 de Agosto 2012 a las 4pm. 39 yo Manuel de Jesus Hernandez is attended to by members of Comandos de Salvamento along the tercera calle oriente y 2nda ave nte in San Salvador.…
2 Victims and 1 Attacker
Knife Attack At approx 1030pm, a couple suffering from knife wounds ran into the walk in clinic stating they had just been attacked and stabbed by two assailants outside. The female was attended to in…
Shootings in Colonia Guatemala
CDS Responders were recently dispatched to a shooting in Colonia Guatemala. 30 yo Dennis Mejía, 47 yo Julio Martínez and 29 yo Giovanni Bernal Quiñones were transported to Rosales Hospital. Medina Legal later determined that Quiñones…
Remembering Route 47
[ CDS would like to take the time and ask all to remember the terrorist attack in Mejicanos two years ago today when a bus from route 47 was taken hostage by gang members and driven…
20th Anniversary of Chapultepec Peace Accords
16 January 1992 Chapultepec Peace Accords in Mexico
Mission Statement During Stressful Political Events
Today, Comando community support teams utilized crisis intervention skills in attending to numerous injured followers of political parties that confronted one another in the streets due to the upcoming municipal elections in March. The Association…
