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JPRS-TOT-94-007-L Document Type:JPRS Document Title:Terrorism
FOUO 16 February 1994 LATIN AMERICA REGIONAL AFFAIRS

Regional Guerrilla Report 7 Feb

PA0802125594 PA0802125594 Article Type:BFN [Editorial Report] The following is a compilation of reports on regional guerrilla activities and clashes with government military units monitored through 7 February. Source is cited in parentheses following each item.
Colombia
Today, military sources reported that Colombian Armed Forces have seized half a ton of explosives hidden by Army of National Liberation (ELN) guerrillas in a house located in Santander Department. No arrests were made during the operation. A spokesperson for the Fifth Army Brigade stationed in Bucaramanga said the explosives, which included more than 500 kgs of explosives and mines known as "leg breakers," [quiebrapatas] were hidden at a local ranch. According to the report, the rebels favor this type of explosive to block military patrols, and it has inflicted numerous casualties on the the region's peasants. In another military operation which took place on Thursday, an army patrol was also able to seize weapons and 12,000 rounds of bullets from an ELN group operating in Cucuta, Norte de Santander Department. (Madrid EFE in Spanish 0124 GMT 8 Feb 94) Ecopetrol [Colombian Petroleum Enterprise] authorities reported that crude oil pumping operations at the Los Llanos central pipeline were suspended on 3 February as a result of an ELN attack which caused considerable damage to the pipe's infrastructure. According to an Ecopetrol spokesperson, ELN guerrillas detonated a dynamite charge near the Rio Chiquito area, located in the municipality of Aguazul, Casanare which destroyed an important stretch of the pipeline. Police and military authorities in the area have announced an increase in security measures along the Casanare petroleum infrastructure in order to prevent any further attacks. (Santa Fe de Bogota EL NUEVO SIGLO in Spanish 3 Feb 94 p 14A)
El Salvador
This Saturday, the National Civilian Police (PNC) uncovered a new weapons stockpile in an underground warehouse in San Francisco Gotera, Morazan Department. The discovery was the result of information provided by local peasants. Weapons seized included 50 blocks of TNT, 20,000 rounds of assorted shells including those for FAL, AK-47, and 16-mm rifles. PNC sources pointed out that in the past few days they have uncovered numerous weapons in the area. (San Salvador EL DIARIO DE HOY in Spanish 7 Feb 94 p 11)
Peru
National Police sources report that one intelligence services junior officer had been tortured and killed on Sunday by alleged subversives in the Lima district of Los Olivos. Police investigating the case believe the police officer was killed in another area and afterwards the body was dumped at Los Olivos. Several months ago, two police lieutenants were also killed by a guerrilla commando unit in the same area. (Paris AFP in Spanish 1557 GMT 7 Feb 94) A DINCOTE (National Counterterrorism Directorate) agent was killed this past Saturday by a four-man Shining Path `death squad' in Huancayo, Junin Department, located 315 km east of Lima. The agent was killed when his car was intercepted by the terrorists while driving towards the local DINCOTE headquarters. In another incident, two terrorists were killed Friday in Huaraz, 400 km north of Lima when an Army patrol clashed with a 20-man Shining Path column that was trying to hold-up a bus. (Madrid EFE in Spanish 1845 GMT 6 Feb 94)