GUATEMALA ARMY CAPTURED "EVERARDO"

Created: 3/1/1992

OCR scan of the original document, errors are possible

TEXT: 1. OHLEMENTS OF THE CUATEHALAN ARHf CAPTUREDHE COMMANDER OF THE REVOLUTIONARY ORGANIZATION OF THE PEOPLE IN ARKS (ORPA) LUIS IXHATA BATTALION, ONE Of TWO ORPA COMSAT UNITS- THE GUERRILLA COMMANDER WAS CAUGHT IN AN AMBUSH HEAR SAH HAPCOS. SAN MARCOS DEPARTMENT. ALTHOUGH LtCHTLT WOUNDED IN THE ARM. HE IS IN COOO PHYSICAL CONDITION. EING WELL TREATED BY THE ARMY, AND HAS BEEN COOPERATINC FULLY UITH HIS CAPTORS. THE NEWS OF HIS CAPTURE HAS NOT BEEN PUBLICIZED.

IE GUERRILLA LEADER SAID THAT THE LAST ARMS SHIPMENT TO ORPA FROM THE CUBANS ARRIVED IN CUATEHALA SIX NONTKS AGO.AS L'RTE ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE LUIS IXHATA BATTALION. WHICHOTAL STRENGTH OFRMED INDIVIDUALS. TO REPLACE ALL OF6 RIFLES WITH SOVIETRIFLES. THE WFAPONSTTmHUNITIOH. AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT WERE SHUCCLEO THROUGH MEXICO via PRIVATE TEHTCt-ES, HE CLAtMEO CUBA IS ALSO STILL PROVIDING 7PAINING TO GFI'A

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MEXICAN GOVERNMENT SOCIAL WELFARE AGENCY. THE STATE-OWNEO NATIONAL FOOD DISTRIBUTION COHPANY-CONASUPO, WHICH ALLOWS HfM TOJMIRCHASE SUBSIDIZED FOOD FOR USERPA GUERRILLAS. IS ENTIRELY SUPPLIED FROM MEXICO AND HJbb)>HE HIMSELF COMMUNICATES WITH THE ORPA COMMAND IN MEXICO EVERY. DAi TO RECEIVE INSTRUCTIONS. HE ALSOTUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDEXICAN UNIVERSITY.

P^HbVbVb) ACCORDING TORPi COKMANDEHHAS NOT VISITED THE FIGHTING FRONTS IN GUATEMALA FOR FOURACT THAT HAS CAUSED SOME 0ISCONTENT IN THE RANKS.

(SOURCE COMMENT: "EVERARDO" CONTINUES TO COOPERATE WITH THEHICH WILL PROBABLY KEEP NEWS OF HIS CAPTURE SECRET, OR EVEN CLAIH THAT HE WAS KILLED, TO MAXIMIZE HIS INTELLIGENCE VALUE. IN THE PAST, GUERRILLAS WHO HAVE AGREED TO COOPERATE ARE USUALLY ASSIGNED TO WORX WITH THE GUATEMALAN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE. THEY LIVE AND WORK ON ARMY BASES, HELP WITH INTELLIGENCEND IDENTIFY GUERRILLA SUSPECTS.)