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Word: conchagua (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...continued to simmer. Salvadoran troops moved in and cleared guerrillas off the Conchagua volcano, near La Union. The 700 gunmen reportedly stationed there had retreated long before the assault was finished. Government forces also regained control of the tiny town of San Antonio de Los Ranches in Chalatenango, nearly completing the recapture of villages seized by the guerrillas in their failed January offensive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing for High Stakes | 3/16/1981 | See Source »

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