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GENERAL staff, COLONEL RENEHO CAM IN NIDI TWO JEEP CHEROKEES WITH POLARIZED WINDOWS. IN SHORT UNDER, OTHERS ARRIVED INCLUDING: THEH AIR FODCE COMMANDER, GENERAL JUANHE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE NAlIONAI POLICEOLONEL DIONISIOS1 BRIGADE COMJ1ANDEH. COLONELIIENTES; THEN DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE TREASURY POLICE, LIEUTENANT COLONELERNANDEZ)) HERNANDEZ, WHO ARRIVEDAPTAINHAVEZ); ^bj^bjbjjr PROBABLl [HEN CEA1 COTiHANIN-.R IAPTAIN JOSEHE DIRECTOR CENERAl Ol THE NATIONAL GUARDOLONEL JUANCHLENKLB. WHO ARRIVED with1 OF THE GN.HE COMMANDER OF THE atiacati IMMEDIATE REACT ION BATTALION (BIRD, LIEUTENANT COLONEL OSCAREON)) LINARES; THE THEN DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTORATEOIOMLl CARLOSGUILAR. WHO ARRIVED THROUGH THE INNER GATE FROMO the MILITARY ACADEMY WITH TWO (NFD LIEUTENANTS; and THE DIRECTOR OF THE MILITARY HOSPITAL (NFI). SOME Ol THESE WERE also MENTIONED REF as PARTICIPATING IN THEOVEMBER ij^MEmNG
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ONOVEMBER 8V, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR of THE M1lADtvHY, MAJOR CARLOS Mn HERNANDEZ BEGAN TO CALL INDIVIDUALS BY RADIO TO ORDER THEM TO THE MILITARY ACADEMY. HE SAID IHAl IAHILO
HERNANDEZ FIRST SPECIFICALLY BYIEUTENANI yiissiiiALLEC)LLOS AND lie1iienan1ERRITOS. WHO PROMPTLY PRESENTED THEMSEIves. CAMILOOLD THE TWO THAT MILITARY ACADEMY DIRECTOR COLONELllkhoORENO WANTED IO SPEAK WITH THEM. when THEY CAME OUT FROM TALKING TO BENAVIDES. MI.NDOZAos AND GUEVARA CERRITOS GATHERED THE TROOPS OF the BIRI ATLAlHO WERE ALREADY PRESENT ON THE MILITARY ACADEMY GROUNDS, AND BEGAN TO CALL OUT SEVERAL NAMES FROM EACH PLATOON, USINGICKNAMES.
ABOUT THIS POINT,UEVARA HE OTHERS CO WITH iiim TOI it. TSA! NJNG ACADEMY IN SANTA TECLA, FOB THE UNIFORMS THtr PICKED iip wire NEW, AM kb IC
"UJxThiTTBdELS. COMPLETE WITH "JUNGLE BOOTS'*.
UNDERSTANDING THAT THE UNIFORMS WERE BEING GIVEN AS pERF5"TD THE biri ATLACATL INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MISSION. DURINC THE TIME THAT THESE SELECTED TROOPS were GETTING DRESSED IN THE NEW UNIFORMS AND PUTTING ON CAMOUFLAGEPALNLAHILO HERNANDEZ WAS CIRCULATING AMONG THEM ANrtflBflBWREri!mbers HEARING HIM TELL THE TROOPS, "YOU WILL HAVE ALL OF my AHD MY COLONEL'SUPPORT".
SELECTED TROOPS. VaTlTcTlLOS AND GUEVARA CERRITOS, DEPARTEDEIGE MILITARY PICKUP TRUCK SOMETIMEP.M. . WHEN THEY RETURNED.gM .. OVEMBER, COLoNELTHE TRUCK AT THE GATE OF THE MILITARY ACADEMY. ONESOLDIERSCUP
HE COFFEE"THE SOLUlEN "we JUST KILLED THE HEADS OF THE FMLN. HINK THEiURWILL END NOW BECAUSE MY COLONEL SAID KILLING THEM WOULD END IT-" THEN. ACCORDING TO .BiBlh: TROOP TOLD HIM THEY had all been GIVEN SEVERAL DAYS
A DAY OR TWO LATER, ONHENT TO THE ON-SITE TAILOR'S SHOP AT THE MILITARY TH LT. VALLECILLOS TO GET THE TAILOR TO ECILLOS' MILITARY BLOUSES. WHILE IN THE SHOP. LT. VALLECILLOS SAID TO THE TAILOR (AN OLD MAN" WORKED FOR DECADES AT THE ACADEMY): URE HOPE MY COLONEL WON'T TURN ME IN." HE ADDED THAT HE FELT BADLY ABOUT THE KILLING OF THE JESUITS AND HAD NOT WANTED TO DO IT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE ONE OF THE PRIESTS. IGNACIOAD ONCE BEEN IIIS PHOFESSOR. BUT. HE ADDED. IT HADIRECT ORDER, AND BESIDES. HE SAID THAT
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AIR FORCE COMMANDER GENERAL BUSTH.LO HAD OFFERED HIHTRAINING
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WENT TO THE TAILOR AND WaRNTwJ^HIHNOT TO TALK ABOUT ANYIII1NG Ill MIGHT have SEEN OR HEARD REGARDING THL JESUIT CASE-
LT.AD BEEN SENT TO THE UCA CAMPUS ON/ABOUT fTTANOVEMBEH AND ORDERED BT COL. BENAVIDES TOCOUTING MISSION FOR POSSIBLE FMLN ARMS CACHES. DURING THIS MISSION, VALLKTLI-OS SPOKE WITH FR.PPARENTLYRIENDLY WAY. UPON HIS RETURN TO THE MILITARY ACADEMY. VALLECILLOS PRESENTED HIS REPORT To COL. BENAVIDES AND ONLY REALIZED LATER. ONOVEMBER. THAT THE REAL PURPOSE OF THE SCOUTING MISSION HAD BEEN TO PREPARE FORO KILL THE JESUITS ON THE NIGHT OF 15
IE SaTD THATof the FAMILIES OF THOSE OFFICERS AND SOLDIERSCONNECTION WITH theJjJLLINCS HAVE RECENTLY beenDEATHj| ot SPECIFY WHOSE FAMNO ONE APPARENTLY KNOWS FROM WHOM THE NOIESSAID the1 ATLACATL MEMBERS ARE BEINGNATIONAL POLICE AND WELL TREATED. even TO the POINT OFTAKEN out FOR OUTINGS to the BEACH AND TO MEETof them TO SPEND NIGHTS IN THEIR OWN HOMES. THIS APPEARS TO BE FROM THE RUMOR MILL, ASGAT"SPECIAL" TREATMENT. INCLUD1NC BEACH OUTINCS. ARF WIDELYHERE.) HE SAID trey HAD BETTER enjoy WHAT THEY HAVEIT IS "COMMON KNOWLEDGE" THAT. GOVERNMENTORDERED THAT THEY ALL BE CONDEMNED TOEARS IN THEY ARE ALL BITTER BECAUSE THEY BELICVL thai theEMBASSY ARE CONSPIRING WITH the "TANDONA"that the OFFICERS IMPLICATED ALL WILL GOto BE MORE RIIMOI
neither he HUB any
of his colleaUIU Al IHI HILI'IAIfelieve thai ihe academy log books containing names and vehicles of entries and exits onndovember were really burned. he and the others think that someone such as benavides is holding the logbooks for their personal defense and that if it looks like thewill accuse ok convict them, thet will pull them (hit to implicate the rest of those who were really involved.
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