Word: carpio
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...senior revolutionary leader of the F.M.L.N., the joint military command of the five major antigovernment guerrilla groups, is Salvador Cayetano Carpio, 61, who rose through trade union ranks to become secretary-general of the Salvadoran Communist Party. In 1970 he broke away to pursue armed revolution. He formed the Forces of Popular Liberation, the largest guerrilla army operating under the F.M.L.N. umbrella. Cayetano owes his survival to his emphasis on security. Before their amalgamation with the other groups a year ago, Cayetano and his subordinates wore hoods so that they were not known even to each other. Cayetano himself...