Jeff B. Harmon At War

Colonel Hernández pulls me aside. “Yesterday, one Salvadoran and two gringo reporters came to Chalate. They were not given permission to go to the front.” The ever-disingenuous Hernández told them it was just a routine clean-up. “Of course, I didn’t tell them it was an enormous operation.

Colonel Hernández’s tone turns dead cold. “Let me tell you the truth, gringo. I’m not bothered by this war. On the contrary, now Salvadorans know the meaning of patriotism. War is cleansing. Now the whole world knows where El Salvador is.” – Jeff B. Harmon under fire in El Salvador