SECRET INTELLIGENCE DOCUMENTS SHOW THAT THE MURDER OF ARCHBISHOP OSCAR ROMERO IN EL SALVADOR LAST MARCH WAS COMMITTED BY A PROFESSIONAL KILLER HIRED BY RIGHT-WING MILITARY OFFICERS OUSTED FROM POWER LAST YEAR.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000100170065-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 28, 2011
• Sequence Number: 65
• Publication Date: July 10, 1980
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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I a-TI-jcvE APP~-U';" THE WASHINGTON POST
;;tl PAGE10 July 1980
JA NDERSON
_Djplomatie Digest
? -Secret. intelli e e documents
.how that t fie murder of Archbishop
Oscar- Romero in El Salvador last
March was committed by a profes-
sional killer. hired by right-wing mili-
tary officers ousted from power last'
year. Code-named.. "Operation Pineap-
ple," the plot involved the. hit man,
four security guards and a driver. The
assassin, who was paid $120,000 for the
job,.- was equipped with., a starlight
scope that gave- him. clear.: aim in the
dim.cathedral: He also-had-four gre-
nades in case he missed with the rifle.-
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