Nelson Rodríguez
Nelson Rodríguez was born in the Mesa Grande refugee camp in Honduras, where he lived with his family until 1988, after which they returned to Las Vueltas, El Salvador, his parents’ place of origin. In 1989, the Salvadoran Armed Forces murdered two of his older brothers in Las Vueltas. From 1990 to 1999, he studied basic education at Las Vueltas Education Center. In the years 2000 to 2001, he completed a Bachelor’s degree, general option, at the Dr. Francisco Martínez Suarez National Institute in Chalatenango. In 2002, he emigrated to the city of San Salvador to study Legal Sciences at the University of El Salvador (UES). He graduated in 2008. In 2009, the Corte Suprema de Justicia [Supreme Court of Justice] authorized him as a lawyer in El Salvador. From 2012 to 2015, Rodríguez was part of the Concejo Municipal de las Vueltas [Municipal Council of Las Vueltas], focusing his efforts on rescuing the historical memory of the municipality. He served as a municipal trustee of Las Vueltas from 2015 to 2024.