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...unidentified Honduran woman who was with Felix Gallardo also was arrested, as were several other suspects. All had been or would be flown to Mexico City, Hernandez said. A number of high-powered, weapons also were seized...
...Accepted McFarlane's suggestion in April 1985 that the President telephone Honduran President Roberto Suazo Cordova to ask him to intervene with Honduran military officials who were holding up the transfer of military supplies to the contras. Reagan made the call, and the ammunition reached the rebels...
...Agreed to a North suggestion in February 1985 that Honduras get $35 million in expedited military aid and $75 million in economic assistance in return for its help to the contras, many of whom operated from camps in Honduras. The note also directed a secret emissary to brief Honduran officials on the deal...
...their diplomatic setback, the guerrillas are prepared to unleash what even Bush Administration officials believe will be their boldest military assault since the failed 1981 "final offensive." U.S. intelligence officials say the F.M.L.N., in preparation for the push, has recruited several hundred new fighters from among refugees in Honduran camps. The officials expect the offensive within weeks...
Retired General Gustavo Alvarez Martinez, former head of the Honduran armed forces, left his fortress-like home in Tegucigalpa's posh Florencia Norte district just after 10 a.m. His driver was taking him to purchase a Bible and visit his brother. At an intersection three blocks away, as many as six guerrillas toting submachine guns sprayed Alvarez's car with bullets as he pleaded, "Don't do this to me!" The left-wing Popular Liberation Movement, known as the Cinchoneros, claimed responsibility for the deaths of Alvarez and his driver...