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...message was monitored last week on a radio frequency normally used by pilots. It included a list of demands and a recording of what sounded like the voice of Ines Guadalupe Duarte Duran, 35, the daughter of Salvadoran President Jose Napoleon Duarte, who was abducted by unidentified gunmen in San Salvador on Sept. 10. "I'm fine, I'm fine, Papa," the woman said, explaining that she was a prisoner of the Pedro Pablo Castillo Command of the antigovernment Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front...
...Salvadoran President Jose Napoleon Duarte could barely contain his pleasure last week as he read reporters a letter he had sent to President Reagan. "The battle we are waging today against terrorism," he declared, "is obtaining substantial advances, which are made possible thanks to the decided backing of your government." Then Duarte broke the news: security forces had arrested three of the eleven leftist guerrillas suspected of involvement in the killing of 13 people, including four off-duty U.S. Marines, during the June 19 attack on sidewalk cafes in the Zona Rosa section of San Salvador. Duarte praised "the efficient...
...less delighted by the commission's performance, sent Duarte a message congratulating him on "the speed and professionalism" of the arrests. For all the public back patting, however, at least one of the arrests hinged as much on luck as on efficient police work. According to Reynaldo Lopez Nuila, Salvadoran public security vice minister, a guerrilla suspect identified as "Jose" had been picked up in California and, together with other illegal immigrants, was deported to El Salvador, where security police arrested him. The two other suspects, Lopez Nuila said, had been arrested earlier in an upholstery shop in downtown...
...Duarte government clearly hopes that the swift arrests will convince the U.S. Congress to authorize further training assistance for the Salvadoran security forces. The capture of the suspects, Lopez Nuila said, "shows the government's resolve in investigating and resolving other cases." He said that he hoped now to be able to triple the size of the security forces, which are expecting stepped-up attacks from the five rebel factions forming the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front...
...Salvador, six to ten gunmen leaped out of a pickup truck and opened fire on diners enjoying an evening meal at four adjoining sidewalk cafes on a downtown street. Killed: four off-duty U.S. Marine guards from the nearby American embassy, two American businessmen, five Salvadorans, a Chilean and a Guatemalan. At least 15 people were injured. Witnesses said the gunmen, disguised as Salvadoran army regulars, concentrated their fire on the Marines and even hunted one down in a back room. The killers are presumed to be Marxist rebels, turning to urban terrorism because their guerrilla war in the jungles...