Atlácatl Battalion

Atlácatl Battalion
Batallón Atlácatl
Active1981–1992
Country El Salvador
Branch Salvadoran Army
TypeBattalion
RoleCounter-insurgency
Size2,000
Part ofRapid Deployment Infantry Battalions
PatronAtlácatl
EngagementsSalvadoran Civil War
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Domingo Monterrosa Barrios
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The Atlácatl Battalion (Spanish: Batallón Atlácatl) was a rapid-response, counter-insurgency battalion of the Salvadoran Army created in 1981. It was implicated in some of the most infamous massacres of the Salvadoran Civil War.