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...grab their victim as she pulled her Mercedes into the driveway of the Quinonez home in the wealthy Miami suburb of Coral Gables. They then drove her to the hideaway in Washington. Calling from telephone booths in Miami and Washington, they negotiated with her husband, Export-Import Dealer Roberto Quinonez Meza, for a ransom of $1.5 million. Disobeying the kidnapers' orders, Quinonez had notified the FBI the first day of the abduction and had taken calls from the kidnapers in the FBI's Miami field office. By wiretapping the calls, the bureau was able to pin down...
...Costa Rica. Apparently he convinced Magaña and other Salvadoran leaders that the U.S. would not be sacrificing their cause and that the planned meeting in San José could be valuable. Neither Magaña nor any other prominent officeholder objected publicly to the meeting, and even Roberto d'Aubuisson, leader of the far-right Republican Nationalist Alliance (ARENA) declared, "If [Stone] thinks it convenient to talk to the guerrillas and give us his recommendations...
Much of the anxious talk in Tegucigalpa centers on one man: General Gustavo Alvarez Martínez, 45, the fervently anti-Communist commander in chief of the Honduran armed forces. When Roberto Suazo Córdova was sworn in last year as Honduras' first civilian President in a decade, Alvarez vowed that the army would be at the service of the state. But growing U.S. military involvement in Honduras may have weighted the delicate power balance in favor of Alvarez. Critics argue that Alvarez, who was scheduled to visit Washington this week, now plays such an important role...
...rally support is a sign that he was extremely worried. As a result, the P.L.O. leader will be under increased pressure to avoid any moves toward moderation of the kind that the U.S., Israel and Lebanon would welcome. -By William E. Smith. Reported by Harry Kelly/Jerusalem and Roberto Suro/ Damascus
...William E. Smith. Reported by Johanna McGeary/Washington and Roberto Suro/Damascus