GUERRILLA GROUP ATTACKS VENEZUELAN BORDER POST

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CIA-RDP08C01297R000700030074-3
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RIPPUB
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U
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2
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December 22, 2016
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September 25, 2012
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74
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Publication Date: 
September 19, 1983
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CABLE
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UNCLAS Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/09/25: CIA-RDP08C01297R000700030074-3 4 C1MCINTOSH, T OGI/GD/ALA 2 G 09 x 6556 COVEMEX PAGE 0013 ? MSGNO 13 (STXX) *19/09/83* *20:09* ZCZC 01:08:03Z (Si) < > UNCLASSIFIED ca STATE STAT 83 2185221 SUO TOR: 192223Z SEP 83 NC 2185221 00 RUEAIIB ZNR UUUUU ZOC STATE ZZH STU1839 00 RUEHC DE RUEHCV #8120 2622219 ZNR UUUUU ZZH 0 192219Z SEP 83 FM AMEMBASSY CARACAS TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7434 INFO RUESBG/AMEMBASSY BOGOTA IMMEDIATE 6925 RUEOEHA/USCINCSO QUARRY HTS PN//, IMMEDIATE RUEHDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 8212 BT EZ1: UNCLAS CARACAS 08120 EZ2: E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: PGO, PREL, PINS, PBTS, CO VE 4 SUBJECT: rGUERRILLA GROUP ATTACKS VENEZUELAN BORDER POSTii 1. THE GOV HAS ANNOUNCED THAT A COLOMBIAN GUERRILLA BAN% ATTACKED A VENEZUELAN BORDER POST THE NIGHT OF SEPTEM-Jr- X.1,3ER 17. ONE MEMBER OF THE ELEVEN-MAN NATIONAL GUARDuiT MANNING THE POST REPORTEDLY WAS KILLED, EIGHT 0THERS1 NOUNDED. THE GOVERNMENT'S COMMUNIQUE CLAIMS THAT TH1 tUERRILla GROUP IS PART OF THE NATIONAL LIBERATION ARM12 1(ELN) OPERATING IN COLOMBIA. ACCORDING TO THE PRESS, IT IDENTIFIEEFITSELF AS GUERRILLA FRONT, CELL "DOMINGO LAIN SAEZ," FOUNDED ON SEPTEMBER 4, 1980 IN ARAUCO, COLOMBIA. ALSO ACCORDING TO THE PRESS, THE INSURGENTS PAINTED SIGNS OF THE NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY AND THE BANDERA ROJA AND LEFT PAMPHLETS ATTACKING BETANCUR, HERRERA AND THE US. THE FRONTIER POSIT-NAMED cuTuFr779 05tATED IN THE UPPER APURE REGION, TWO MILES FROM THEII eARAUCA RIVER, WHICH FORMS THE_BORDER WITH COLOMBIAF?THE GOV STATED THAT IT WAS SEEKING COLOMBIAN COOPERATION, UNCLAS ? Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/09/25: CIA-RDP08C01297R000700030074-3 UNCLAS Declassified in Part- Sanitized Copy Approved forRelease2012/09/25 : CIA-RDP08C01297R000700030074-3 / , C1MCINTOSH, T OGI/GD/ALA 2 G 09 x 6556 COVEMEX PAGE 0014 ' UNDER THE AGREEMENT OF GUASDUALITO, FOR THE SEARCH AND DESTRUCTION OF THE GUERRILLA UNIT. 2. ?THE MISSION IS SEEKING ADDITIONAL DETAILS FROM THE AUTHORITIES. MOON NNDD UNCLAS NNNN Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/09/25: CIA-RDP08C01297R000700030074-3