The Protection Racket State – Elite Politics, Military Extortion, and Civil War in El Salvador

In 1932 security forces in El Salvador murdered 25,000 peasants and workers. Between 1978 and 1991 the Salvadoran government killed an additional 50,000 civilians. Death squads maimed and tortured their victims, who included labor organizers, priests, and teachers. This book demonstrates that the Salvadoran military state was a protection racket.