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Bolivia; Target of International Terror!sm?
The assassination this waek in Paris of General Joaquin Zenteno, Bolivian ambassador to France,arked similarity to the murder of Colonel Ramon Trabal, the Uruguayan military attache, who waa shot in his Paris apartment in
Both men had distinguished careers in eradicating leftist subversive groups in their own countriesbeing posted to Paris. Trabal had served as chief o* military security in Uruguay and hadrimary role in planning and directing the campaign against the Tupamaros. He reportedly received aassignment at the request of army superiors who resented his ambition and demonstrated ability. Zenteno, on the other hand, had achieved international prominence7 for tracking down and capturing Che Guevara. Subsequently he rose to the position of commander in chief of the armedsecond most powerful position inwent into "golden exile 3erious disagreement with President Banzer over administrative and political matters.
In each case the assailants were unidentified, and previously unknown terrorist entities claimedfor the action. roup calling itself the Raul Sendic International Brigade (named for the founder of the Tupamaros) took credit for Trabal'ahile the "Che Guevara brigade" now proclaims its triumph in eliminating Zenteno.
It is possible that either or both actionswork of an international organization, basedthat calls itself the RevolutionaryJunin
group is made up of members of subversive groups in
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Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile, Brazil, and Argentina and dedicated to the violent overthrow of military-backed governments in those countries. Members of banking firms in Buenos Aires who have been the victims of terrorist kidnaping operations have said privately that the ransom money they paid never reached Latin America, but was paid in gold and deposited in banks in deirut, Lebanon and in unmarked SwIsb accounts in Italy.
Latin American terrorists had generallyactions to their own country. Many studentsterrorism, however, now predictwill be modeled on the activities ofsubversive organizations and may occurhas been identifiedenter foractivity, and was reportedly to be thea world congress of subversive groups in
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