Person

Manuel Enrique Araujo

1865–1913 · 19th century

Manuel Enrique Araujo was a Salvadoran physician and president from 1911 to 1913. His government founded the National Guard, a rural police force, and was remembered for its relative tolerance and reforms. He was attacked with machetes in a park in San Salvador in February 1913 and died of his wounds days later, opening the way for the Meléndez family's rule.

Manuel Enrique Araujo
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