Legacies of Violence: Murder and Violent Crimes in El Salvador and Guatemala

Four murder cases in Guatemala and El Salvador, two from the period of conflict, two following democratisation. But all show similar patterns. The violence meted out to the female victims is sustained and visceral. The photographs of the dead display appalling injuries inflicted both before and after death and the marks of sexual torture speak of a hatred and disgust for women and girls in the minds of the perpetrators.