Loving Marcela in the Midst of War Is Another War

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Map 1 viii
3. Contents ix
4. Map 2 xii
5. Preface xiii
6. List of acronyms xv
7. Introduction Peasant Insurgency and Guerrilla Radio in Northern Morazán, El Salvador xvii
8. 1980
9. Tearing Your Heart Out 2
10. Off to War with a Priest 5
11. On the Way to El Escondido 8
12. Rafael: Morazán, a Strategic Project 9
13. 1981
14. January 1 18
15. January 2 18
16. Licho 18
17. The Sky Is Taken by Assault 21
18. The Resurrection of Altagracia 25
19. The Pain of Calixtro 27
20. The Massacre at Junquillo 30
21. Damn! La Guacamaya Never Gives Up! 32
22. Monsignor Romero in La Guacamaya 33
23. Jonás 34
24. Calle Negra, Almost Certain Death 36
25. Villa del Rosario 41
26. El Zapotal 45
27. A North American in the War 46
28. Juan Ramón, from Bus to History 47
29. Eighty Devils Set Loose 49
30. The Torogoces Are Born 51
31. Benito 53
32. Alejandro Peluna’s Flying Mule 54
33. Chiyo and Pajarillo 56
34. Loving Marcela in the Midst of War Is Another War 58
35. Tancho 60
36. Perquín, Road of Embers 63
37. The Fifth Front 66
38. Victorino, the Light Within 67
39. Operation Hammer and Anvil 70
40. Toni, Montalbo, and Javier 71
41. Monterrosa Captures Radio Venceremos 74
42. Radio Venceremos Goes to the Sea 76
43. Return to Morazán 79
44. The El Mozote Massacre 81
45. 1982
46. The Cave of Passions 90
47. The Fortress of Happiness 93
48. Hell in Poza Honda 96
49. The Battle of El Moscarrón 100
50. The Incredible Return of Colonel Castillo 107
51. Ana Guadalupe 109
52. Manlio, Your Guitar’s Beating 111
53. The First Prisoner Exchange 112
54. Freedom for Perquín 113
55. Lesbia and the Idols of Pensacola 115
56. Every Last One of Us Danced, Colonel 117
57. Rogelio’s Sense of Humor 119
58. 1983
59. Shutting Down Transportation 122
60. Oswaldo Escobar Velado 124
61. El Quinto Piso de la Alegría 128
62. Paty’s Memories 132
63. The Swearing In of the BRAZ 134
64. The Defeat of the Belloso Battalion 136
65. The Amatillo Bridge 138
66. La Antena Is Taken 140
67. Monterrosa and His War Trophies 142
68. Atilio and the Smell of Ink 143
69. Diana the Huntress, an Assassin Sent by the CIA 147
70. The Bells Toll for Carlos 148
71. Attack on the Third Brigade 149
72. El Pedrero 152
73. We Capture the Butcher 154
74. El Cheje, the Godfather 156
75. The Military School in San Fernando 157
76. General Command in Morazán 161
77. Sesori 162
78. Morazán Has a Name: Commander Quincho 165
79. 1984
80. The Legend of El Chongue 170
81. The Colonels’ Logic 173
82. The Exchange of Colonel Castillo 176
83. The Trickster Is Tricked 177
84. Nolbo versus the Gringos 180
85. A Piece of Deerskin, and El Calihuate Is Reborn 181
86. A Stradivarius Violin 183
87. It Wasn’t the Siguanaba 185
88. Lety 186
89. Ana Lidia 187
90. The Carpenter Who Destroyed an Empire 189
91. A Meeting in La Palma 192
92. Operation Torola IV 194
93. To Die Like a Dog 196
94. The Gringos’ Man 197
95. The Trojan Horse 199
96. The Sword of Mars or the Mirror of Venus? 204
97. The Tenacity of the Izote 211
98. Epilogue, 1992 217
99. Epilogue, 2003 223
100. Epilogue, 2009 225
101. Index 227