lucia cerna told her story to witness history.t the university where they were murdered. they were el salvador‘s leading left—wing intellectuals. thousands came to mourn, not just for the dead men, but because they'd symbolised the hope that el salvador might one day become a country where power came from the ballot box and not from the barrel of a gun. translation: the priests were always on the side of the poor. that's how they were. it still hurts to remember them and to remember what happened. i will keep telling this story until my dying days. i can never forget it. the government troops are fighting the biggest guerilla offensive since 1981. the rebels appear to have moved into the capital in force and have held position for more than 12 hours. translation: there were soldiers and rebels shooting all over the place. we couldn't go out, and food and water were running low. i was very nervous. i worked as a cleaner at the jesuit university. i called one of the priests, and asked if we could come and shelter on the campus with