Attendees to Monsignor Romero's funeral run after hearing gunshots in the middle of the crowd, in Plaza Barrios, on Sunday, March 30, 1980.
Today in #LaborHistory 3/23/1980: Archbishop #Romero of #ElSalvador called on military to stop killing #civilians. The next day, they assassinated him, too. #UN Truth Commission concluded that a #deathsquad leader, Roberto D'Aubuisson, had ordered the hit. #PopeFrancis canonized Romero in 2018.