WHB: MEXICO

Created: 7/1/1974

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WESTERN HEMISPHERE BRIEF

11. EXICO: THE MEXICAN ARMY HAS ARRESTED SOME MEMBERS

jOF LUCIO CABANAS' CROUP BUT HAS FAILED AFTER AN INTENSIVE MONTH-LONG SEARCH TO FIND THE ELUSIVE GUERRILLA LEADER OR SENATOR RUBEN FIGUEROAi WHOM HE KIDNAPED ON MAY 3D. THE ARMY HAS LEARNED TROM THE CAPTURED GUlRRILLAS THAT FIGUEROA WAS ALIVE AS OF MID-JULY AND THAT CABANAS REMAINS IN HIDING IN THE STATE OF GUERRERO. DDO TROOPS ARE INVOLVED Vi THE SEARCH-. THE

'ARMY'S POOR SHOWING IS BEING CRITICIZED IN THE PRESS AND MAY LEAD TO CHANGES IN THE HIGH COMMAND-

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