Ernesto Barrera
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Fr. Ernesto Barrera was a Roman Catholic priest in El Salvador who was assassinated in 1978. He served under Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez. His murder was characterized by Romero as part of a systematic persecution of the Catholic Church and oppression against efforts to reform a military dictatorship there to guaranty human rights for the poor masses.