Ernesto Barrera (died 28 November 1978) was a
Roman Catholic priest from
El Salvador
El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...
. He served several communities in the department of
San Salvador
San Salvador (; ) is the capital and the largest city of El Salvador and its eponymous department. It is the country's political, cultural, educational and financial center. The Metropolitan Area of San Salvador, which comprises the capital i ...
, under Archbishop
Óscar Romero.
Barrera was killed in a shoot-out with the
National Guard on 28 November 1978. Afterward, the government claimed that he had been a member of the guerrilla group
Fuerzas Populares de Liberación (FPL). Archbishop Romero questioned the truth of this assertion, but later received a letter from the FPL leadership confirming that Barrera had indeed been a member.
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