Alma Guillermoprieto

Reporter and author covering Latin America

Alma Guillermoprieto was one of two reporters who revealed the massacre of civilians at El Mozote in El Salvador in 1982. Her Washington Post reporting challenged official accounts of the army’s conduct, and details were later corroborated by the discovery of mass graves. She also covered state terror in Argentina, Peru’s Shining Path, and conflict and drug trafficking in Colombia. Her narratives connect political violence with the everyday experiences of people living through it. This record supports her consideration for documenting facts that those in power would rather leave unexamined.