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...into the Maverick and turned off the ignition; then he and his accomplices drove off in their van. Schaufelberger, who had been hit in the head with three small-caliber bullets, was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital. He thus became the first American serviceman killed in El Salvador since the initial U.S. military adviser arrived there in October...
Schaufelberger was deputy commander of the U.S. Military Group, a six-member body that operates out of the American embassy in El Salvador and oversees the $60 million U.S. military-assistance program there. As it happened, he was also chief of security for the 53 U.S. advisers in the country, responsible for informing newcomers of safety regulations. Yet when the air-conditioning system in his Maverick broke down, Schaufelberger rashly removed the sealed bullet proof window from the driver's side...
After volunteering for service in El Salvador, Schaufelberger was assigned to the military group, where he continued helping the Salvadoran navy build up its ability to interdict rebel arms smuggled by sea from Nicaragua. At the same time, Schaufelberger kept himself well in formed about the changing strength and tactics of the guerrillas. In an interview last week, he predicted that he and his fellow U.S. advisers could soon become choice targets. "Things are going to get nasty," he said. "Shooting a soldier in the line of duty is a lot less risky than shooting a female consular official...
Reported by James Willwerth/San Salvador...
...Some of the scholarly glamour was visible last week at Stonehill College in North Easton, Mass., as well as at Vassar and Yale. At Stonehill, Bianca Jagger, 38, former wife of Rock Star Mick, was awarded an honorary doctorate for humanitarian work in her native Nicaragua and in El Salvador and Honduras. Recalling her 1981 adventures as a jungle paparazzo in Honduras with two friends, she told of rescuing a group of refugee hostages from a band of armed guerrillas. "We had no weapons, but we had a camera, and we used that as a weapon," she said. "I guess...