Koos Koster

Jacobus Andries Koster (; 9 January 1936 – 17 March 1982) was a Dutch journalist who covered events and wars in Latin America between 1969 and his murder in El Salvador in 1982.

Early life

Jacobus Andries Koster was born on 9 January 1936 in Sint Annaparochie, Netherlands. He had four brothers and seven sisters. On 17 March 1982, the Dutch journalists traveled to Chalatenango to join with guerrillas of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) and film the combat of the civil war.

Aftermath and legal proceedings

News of the massacre in the Netherlands provoked demonstrations which called for the removal of the Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador which they deemed responsible for the massacre. In 2016, however, the Supreme Court of El Salvador found the 1993 amnesty bill to be unconstitutional. On 16 July 2021, human rights organizations in Dulce Nombre de María filed a criminal complaint against Reyes Mena and twenty-five ex-soldiers, accusing them of organizing and carrying out the massacre.