xviii Timeline of Historical Events 1988 Hurricane Joan leaves more than 200,000 persons homeless in El Salvador 1989 United States invades Panama, kills more than 2,000 persons in attempt to capture Noriega 1989 El Salvador's Atlacatl brigade mur- ders six Jesuits at the Lmiversidad Centroamericano 1992 Peace accords implemented in El Salvador, Nicaragua El Salvador dis- bands Atlcatl brigade 1992 Indigenous Guatemalan author/activist Rigoberta Menchu wins Nobel Prize for Peace with the publication of her book, I, Rigoberta 1992 Manuel Noriega convicted of money laundering and drug trafficking while being held in a U.S. prison in Miami 1993 Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras sign "Northern Triangle" pact, allowing free transit across shared borders 1996 Salvadoran death squad, FURODA, named in honor of Roberto D'Aubisson 1998 Daniel Ortega, leader of Nicaragua's FSLN, is accused by his stepdaughter, Zoilamerica Narvaez Murillo, of sexu- ally molesting her when she was an adolescent. This further divides FSLN leadership. 1998 In Guatemala, the Recovery of Historic Memory Project (REHMI) publishes a report detailing human rights abuses in Guatemala and outlining government participation in executions 1998 Monsignor Juan Jose Gerardi is murdered (by brick) two days after his
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