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Ignacio Ellacuría  

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  • Ignacio Ellacuría, a Jesuit priest, philosopher, and theologian, was assassinated with five other Jesuit priests at the University of Central America (UCA) on November 16, 1989. At that time, he was rector of the university and one of the most outspoken critics of human rights violations and suffering in El Salvador since the assassination of Archbishop Romero in 1980. [Source: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice; Ellacuría, Ignacio (1930–1989)]

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