IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 761 
Remembering and commemorating the lives and work of Jesuit Fathers 
Ignacio Ellacuria, Ignacio Martin-Baro, Segundo Montes, Amando Lopez, 
Juan Ramon Moreno, Joaquin Lopez y Lopez, and housekeeper Julia 
Elba Ramos and her daughter Celina Mariset Ramos on the occasion 
of the 20th anniversary of their deaths at the University of Central 
America Jose Simeon Canas located in San Salvador, El Salvador on 
November 16, 1989. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2009 
Mr. MCGOVERN (for himself, Mr. WOLF, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. SMITH of New 
Jersey, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. FLAKE, Ms. WATSON, Mr. ROHRABACHER, 
Mr. SIRES, Mr. DREIER, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. 
SHERMAN, Mr. MCMAHON, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Ms. BERKLEY, 
Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. WOOLSEY, 
Mr. ELLISON, Mr. KLEIN of Florida, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. OLVER, Mr. 
COURTNEY, Mr. HARE, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. 
NADLER of New York, Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. 
TIERNEY, Mr. ARCURI, Mr. LYNCH, and Mr. PASTOR of Arizona) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Remembering and commemorating the lives and work of 
Jesuit Fathers Ignacio Ellacuria, Ignacio Martin-Baro, 
Segundo Montes, Amando Lopez, Juan Ramon Moreno, 
Joaquin Lopez y Lopez, and housekeeper Julia Elba 
Ramos and her daughter Celina Mariset Ramos on the 
occasion of the 20th anniversary of their deaths at the 
University of Central America Jose Simeon Canas lo-
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•HRES 761 IH 
cated in San Salvador, El Salvador on November 16, 
1989. 
Whereas in the early morning hours of November 16, 1989, 
six Jesuit priests and faculty members of the Universidad 
Centroamericana Jose´ Simeon Can˜as (UCA) located in 
San Salvador, El Salvador—Father Ignacio Ellacurı´a, 
Ignacio Martin-Baro´, Segundo Montes, Amando Lo´pez, 
Juan Ramon Moreno, and Joaquı´n Lo´pez y Lo´pez—and 
housekeeper Julia Elba Ramos and her daughter, Celina 
Mariset Ramos, were executed by members of the Salva-
doran Army; 
Whereas Father Ignacio Ellacurı´a, 59, was since 1979 rector 
of the UCA, and an internationally-respected intellectual 
and advocate for human rights and a negotiated solution 
to the Salvadoran civil conflict; 
Whereas Father Ignacio Martin-Baro´, 44, was the vice rector 
of the UCA, a leading analyst of national and regional 
affairs, the founder and director of the respected polling 
organization, the Public Opinion Institute, former Dean 
of Students, Dean of the Psychology Department, an 
internationally renowned pioneer in the field of social 
psychology and pastor of the rural community of 
Jayaque; 
Whereas Father Segundo Montes, 56, was Dean of the De-
partment of Social Sciences and a sociology professor at 
the UCA, and the founder and director of the Human 
Rights Institute at the UCA (IDHUCA), who did exten-
sive work on Salvadoran refugees in the United States 
during the period of the Salvadoran conflict, including 
providing documentation and advice to United States 
Members of Congress on refugee issues; 
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