WESTERN HEMISPHERE BRIEF -- BOLIVIA

Created: 5/14/1976

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//BOLIVIA: THE ASSASSINATION THIS WEEK IN PARIS OF GENERAL JOAQUIN ZENTENc - BOLIVIAN AMBASSADORARKED SIMILARITY TO THE MURDER OF COLONEL RAMON TRABAL* THE UPUGUAYAN MILITARY ATTACHE* WHO WAS SHOT IN HIS PARIS APARTMENT IN DECEMBER ITrW/V

//BOTH MEN HAD DISTINGUISHED CAREERS IN ERADICATING LEFTIST SUBVERSIVE GROUPS IN THEIR OWN COUNTRIES BEFORE BEING POSTED TO PARIS. TRABAL HAD SERVED AS CHIEF OF MILITARY SECURITY IN URUGUAY AND HADRIMARY ROLE IN PLANNING AND DIRECTING THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE TUPAMAROS- HE REPORTEDLYIPLOMATIC ASSIGNMENT AT THE REQUEST OF ARMY SUPERIORS UHO RESENTED HIS AMBITION AND DEMONSTRATED ABILITY- ZENTENO, ON THE OTHER HAND* HAD ACHIEVED INTERNATIONAL PROMINENCE IN life? FOR TRACKING DOWN AND CAPTURING CHE GUEVARA. SUBSEQUENTLY HE ROSE TO THE POSITION OF COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMEDSECONDOWERFUL POSITION INWENT INTO "GOLDEN EXILE"3ERIOUS DISAGREEMENT WITH PRESIDENT BANZER OVER ADMINISTRATIVE AND POLITICAL

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