APPENDIX D :
SAMPLE TEXTS FROM TST1 TEST SET
This appendix contains some representative texts from the MUC-3
corpus . Twelve examples were selected from the first 25 texts in the dry-ru n
test set (TST1), six of texts that were relevant to the data extraction task and si x
that were not relevant to the task.
	
See appendix E for the template s
corresponding to the relevant texts .
	
See appendix A for a description of th e
relevance criteria .
1. SAMPLES OF RELEVANT TEXTS
TST1-MUC3-000 1
GUATEMALA CITY, 4 FEB 90 (ACAN-EFE) -- [TEXT] THE GUATEMALA ARM Y
DENIED TODAY THAT GUERRILLAS ATTACKED THE "SANTO TOMAS" PRESIDENTIA L
FARM, LOCATED ON THE PACIFIC SIDE, WHERE PRESIDENT CEREZO HAS BEE N
STAYING SINCE 2 FEBRUARY .
A REPORT PUBLISHED BY THE "CERIGUA" NEWS AGENCY -- MOUTHPIECE OF
THE GUATEMALAN NATIONAL REVOLUTIONARY UNITY (URNG) -- WHOSE MAI N
OFFICES ARE IN MEXICO, SAYS THAT A GUERRILLA COLUMN ATTACKED THE FARM
2 DAYS AGO .
HOWEVER, ARMED FORCES SPOKESMAN COLONEL LUIS ARTURO ISAACS SAI D
THAT THE ATTACK, WHICH RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF A CIVILIAN WHO WA S
PASSING BY AT THE TIME OF THE SKIRMISH, WAS NOT AGAINST THE FARM, AN D
THAT PRESIDENT CEREZO IS SAFE AND SOUND .
HE ADDED THAT ON 3 FEBRUARY PRESIDENT CEREZO MET WITH TH E
DIPLOMATIC CORPS ACCREDITED IN GUATEMALA .
THE GOVERNMENT ALSO ISSUED A COMMUNIQUE DESCRIBING THE REBEL REPORT
AS "FALSE AND INCORRECT," AND STRESSING THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS NEVE R
IN DANGER .
COL ISAACS SAID THAT THE GUERRILLAS ATTACKED THE "LA EMINENCIA "
FARM LOCATED NEAR THE "SANTO TOMAS" FARM, WHERE THEY BURNED TH E
FACILITIES AND STOLE FOOD .
A MILITARY PATROL CLASHED WITH A REBEL COLUMN AND INFLICTED THREE
CASUALTIES, WHICH WERE TAKEN AWAY BY THE GUERRILLAS WHO FLED TO TH E
MOUNTAINS, ISAACS NOTED .
HE ALSO REPORTED THAT GUERRILLAS KILLED A PEASANT IN THE CITY O F
FLORES, IN THE NORTHERN EL PETEN DEPARTMENT, AND BURNED A TANK TRUCK .
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TST1-MUC3-000 4
BOGOTA, 30 AUG 89 (INRAVISION TELEVISION CADENA 2) -- [TEXT] LAST
NIGHT'S TERRORIST TARGET WAS THE ANTIOQUTA LIQUEUR PLANT . FOUR
POWERFUL ROCKETS WERE GOING TO EXPLODE VERY CLOSE TO THE TANKS WHER E
300,000 GALLONS OF THE SO-CALLED CASTILLE CRUDE, USED TO OPERATE TH E
BOILERS, IS STORED. THE WATCHMEN ON DUTY REPORTED THAT AT 2030 THE Y
SAW A MAN AND A WOMAN LEAVING A SMALL SUITCASE NEAR THE FENCE THA T
SURROUNDS THE PLANT. THE WATCHMEN EXCHANGED FIRE WITH THE TERRORIST S
WHO FLED LEAVING BEHIND THE EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL THAT ALSO INCLUDE D
DYNAMITE AND GRENADE ROCKET LAUNCHERS . METROPOLITAN POLICE PERSONNEL
SPECIALIZING IN EXPLOSIVES, DEFUSED THE ROCKETS . SOME 100 PEOPLE WERE
WORKING INSIDE THE PLANT .
THE DAMAGE THE ROCKETS WOULD HAVE CAUSED HAD THEY BEEN ACTIVATED
CANNOT BE ESTIMATED BECAUSE THE CARIBE SODA FACTORY AND THE GUAYABA L
RESIDENTIAL AREA WOULD HAVE ALSO BEEN AFFECTED .
THE ANTIOQUTA LIQUEUR PLANT HAS RECEIVED THREATS IN THE PAST AND
MAXIMUM SECURITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN PRACTICED IN THE AREA . SECURITY WAS
STEPPED UP LAST NIGHT AFTER THE INCIDENT . THE LIQUEUR INDUSTRY IS TH E
LARGEST FOREIGN EXCHANGE PRODUCER FOR THE DEPARTMENT .
TST 1-MUC3-001 1
SANTIAGO, 18 MAY 90 (RADIO COOPERATIVA• NETWORK) -- [REPORT] [JUAN
ARAYA] [TEXT] EDMUNDO VARGAS CARRENO, CHILEAN FOREIGN MINISTRY UNDE R
SECRETARY, HAS STATED THAT THE BRYANT TREATY WITH THE UNITED STATE S
WILL BE APPLIED IN THE LETELIER CASE ONLY TO COMPENSATE THE RELATIVE S
OF THE FORMER CHILEAN FOREIGN MINISTER MURDERED IN WASHINGTON AND TH E
RELATIVES OF HIS U.S. SECRETARY, RONNIE MOFFIT. THE CHILEAN FOREIG N
UNDER SECRETARY MADE THIS STATEMENT IN REPLY TO U .S. NEWSPAPER REPORT S
STATING THAT THE TREATY WOULD BE PARTIALLY RESPECTED.
FOLLOWING ARE VARGAS CARRENO'S STATEMENTS AT A NEWS CONFERENCE H E
HELD IN BUENOS AIRES BEFORE CONCLUDING HIS OFFICIAL VISIT T O
ARGENTINA :
[BEGIN RECORDING] [VARGAS] THIS TREATY [WORDS INDISTINCT] USED BY THE
UNITED STATES IN 1989, DURING THE PAST ADMINISTRATION, TO SOLVE TW O
PROBLEMS CONNECTED WITH THE LETELIER CASE: THE PROBLEM OF COMPENSATIO N
AND THE PROBLEM OF THE CHILEAN GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR TH E
DEATH OF ORLANDO LETELIER AND HIS [WORDS INDISTINCT] ASSISTANT.
IT HAS BEEN AGREED IN PRINCIPLE TO USE THE TREATY EXCLUSIVELY T O
SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF COMPENSATION; THAT IS THE OBJECTIVE WHEN WE REFER
TO ITS PARTIAL USE . [WORDS INDISTINCT] SO AS FOR THE COMPENSATIO N
SUBJECT, IT WILL BE USED . WE ARE USING THE MECHANISM CREATED BY TH E
FIVE-MEMBER COMMISSION ESTABLISHED BY THE TREATY . THE LANGUAGE OF THI S
TREATY WAS PERTINENT FOR THE EARLY DECADES OF THIS CENTURY BUT IS N O
LONGER IN KEEPING WITH CURRENT INTERNATIONAL PRACTICES . [END
RECORDING]
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DURING THE NEWS CONFERENCE WITH ARGENTINE AND FOREIGN JOURNALISTS ,
VARGAS CARRENO ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT PRESIDENT CARLOS MENEM WILL VISI T
CHILE IN AUGUST IN RESPONSE TO AN INVITATION FROM CHILEAN PRESIDEN T
PATRICIO AYLWIN, WHO WILL ALSO VISIT ARGENTINA AT AN AS YE T
UNDETERMINED DATE .
VARGAS CARRENO NOTED HIS SATISFACTION WITH HIS MEETINGS IN BUENO S
AIRES WITH FOREIGN MINISTER DOMINGO CAVALLO AND RAUL CARIGNANO, UNDE R
SECRETARY FOR LATIN AMERICAN AFFAIRS . VARGAS CARRENO SAID THAT AS A
RESULT OF THIS INITIAL CONTACT THE BINATIONAL COMMISSION ESTABLISHE D
BY THE CHILEAN-ARGENTINE PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP TREATY, WHICH WAS SIGNED
IN 1984, WILL MEET NEXT JULY . HE SAID THAT THE TWO COUNTRIES WIL L
CONTINUE TO HOLD FORMAL AND INFORMAL TALKS TO DISCUSS PROBLEMS O F
COMMON INTEREST, SPEED UP THE INTEGRATION PROCESS, AND INCREASE MUTUAL
UNDERSTANDING AND COOPERATION .
REGARDING THE SITUATION OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CHILEA N
CITIZENS LIVING IN ARGENTINA -- A TOTAL HE ESTIMATED AT 800,000 - -
VARGAS CARRENO SAID THAT PRESIDENT AYLWIN'S GOVERNMENT HAS ESTABLISHED
AN OFFICE TO HELP THOSE CITIZENS LIVING ABROAD FOR VARIOUS REASONS T O
RETURN TO CHILE, ESPECIALLY THOSE LIVING IN ARGENTINA'S PATAGONI A
REGION WHO ARE BEING TREATED INHUMANELY, ESPECIALLY BY BUSINESSMEN IN
THE BORDER AREA, AS REPORTED BY AN ARGENTINE JOURNALIST .
TST1-MUC3-0016
CLANDESTINE, 23 NOV 89 (RADIO VENCEREMOS) -- [COMMENTARY] [TEXT ]
[CONTINUED] THE OFFICERS AND EVERYONE ELSE IN THE ARMY MUST THINK THI S
OVER. THEY CANNOT CONTINUE CLOSING THEIR EYES TO THE BOMBINGS, TO THE
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE LEFT THE POOR NEIGHBORHOODS OF SA N
SALVADOR, TO THE MOTHERS WHO APPEAR CRYING ON TELEVISION . IT IS GOOD
THAT THE NETWORK PRESENTS THESE PICTURES OF PEOPLE CRYING ,
MANIPULATING THEIR EMOTIONS . THOSE TEARS WERE SHED OVER 50 YEARS OF
OPPRESSION AND MISERY, AND OVER THE BOMBINGS THAT HAVE DESTROYE D
ZACAMIL NEIGHBORHOOD. OFFICERS, THE BOMBS HAVE CAUSED ALL THAT SORROW
AND THE DESTRUCTION OF 500 HOUSES IN ZACAMIL .
AS WE WERE SAYING, OFFICERS, YOU MUST ASK YOURSELVES : WHO ARE YOU
DYING FOR? FOR COLONEL PONCE'S MANSIONS IN MIAMI? FOR GENERA L
BUSTILLO'S MANSIONS? WHY ARE THE ARMED FORCES MEMBERS DYING HERE ?
WHY ARE THE LIEUTENANTS, THE CAPITAINS DYING, WHILE THE MEMBERS OF TH E
ARMED FORCES HIERARCHY ARE CONFORTABLY SITTING IN THEIR
AIR-CONDITIONED OFFICES BEING GUARDED WHILE THEY ARE AT EASE, BUT NO T
REALLY AT EASE AS COMBAT IS TAKING PLACE JUST A FEW BLOCKS FROM THEI R
OFFICE.
OFFICERS, LIEUTENANTS, CAPTAINS, THIS IS THE APPEAL THE FMLN WANT S
MAKE TO YOU TODAY, AT A TIME WHEN THE FUTURE OF THE FATHERLAND IS AT
STAKE? YOU MUST THINK THIS OVER, YOU MUST MAKE A DECISION, AND YO U
MUST DO THIS SOON. HISTORY IS MOVING FAST, AND THE TIME IS RIPE . SO
WHEN YOU ARE TOLD THAT YOU ARE DEFENDING THE CONSTITUTION, THINK ABOU T
WHAT WE ARE TELLING YOU . IF YOU ARE DEFENDING THE CONSTITUTION, THINK
ABOUT WHAT WE ARE SAYING . IF WE ARE DEFENDING THE CONSTITUTION HERE ,
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WHY IS THIS CONSTITUTION BEING VIOLATED BY THOSE RAMBOS SENT B Y
PRESIDENT BUSH TO EL SALVADOR? YOU ALL KNOW THIS LITTLE GROUP O F
RAMBOS IS GOOD FOR NOTHING, AS THEY ARE COWARDS . THEY DID NOT WANT TO
LEAVE THE SHERATON HOTEL, BECAUSE THE GUERRILLAS WERE THERE . THEY ARE
COWARDS, JUST LIKE THEIR SYSTEM. THEY ARE TINHORN RAMBOS, WHO ARE
ABSOLUTELY NO GOOD .
AS WE SAID YESTERDAY, IF THOSE MEN WHO LEFT THE SHERATON LIK E
COMMON CRIMINALS COVERING THEIR FACES FROM THE INTERNATIONAL PRESS AR E
THE ONES WHO ARE TRAINING THE ARMED FORCES, WE CAN UNDERSTAND BETTE R
WHY THE FMLN IS DEFEATING THE TACTICS TAUGHT BY THEM . THEY ARE NO
GOOD, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND OUR PEOPLE, THEY UNDERESTIMATE
OUR PEOPLE . OFFICERS, YOU KNOW THOSE U .S. ADVISERS UNDERESTIMAT E
YOU, THEY LOOK DOWN ON YOU, AS LITTLE INDIANS, AS DONKEYS . YOU KNOW
HOW THEY THINK OF YOU. YOU KOW THEY MOCK THE SALVADORAN OFFICERS .
OFFICERS, YOU KNOW VERY WELL HOW THESE U .S . ADVISERS TREAT OUR
SOLDIERS. THEY ARE HAUGHTY, ARROGANT, AND COWARDS . YOU SAW THEM A T
THE SHERATON HOTEL, PISSING IN THEIR PANTS, THEY DID NOT WANT TO LEAV E
THE HOTEL . A COMMISSION WENT THERE, THE RED CROSS WENT THERE, BU T
THEY DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE, BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT SURE OF THEMSELVE S
DURING THE TRUCE, SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY ARE COWARDS .
WE WANT THE CIN [NATIONAL INFORMATION CENTER], THAT FASCIST
NETWORK THAT IS SILENCING OUR PEOPLE, TO PRESENT THE FILMS OF TH E
ADVISORS LEAVING THE HOTEL . WE CHALLENGE THE NETWORK TO PRESENT THOS E
FILMS OF THE ADVISORS LEAVING THE SHERATON, WITH THEIR FACES COVERE D
AS IF THEY WERE CAR THIEVES . THAT IS THE WAY THE U.S . ADVISERS --
THE RAMBOS, THE SUPERMEN -- LEFT THE SHERATON . THESE RAMBOS ARE NO T
GOING TO SAVE ANYONE, AS THEY CANNOT EVEN SAVE THEMSELVES .
TST 1-MUC3-001 8
SAN SALVADOR, 26 MAY 90 (EL DIARIO DE HOY) -- [TEXT] TO DATE, TH E
ARMY HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF A REPORT THAT THE GUATEMALAN GOVERNMENT HA S
SAID IT SENT TO PRESIDENT ALFREDO CRISTIANI ON THE INVESTIGATION S
CARRIED OUT IN THAT COUNTRY CONCERNING THE DEATH OF SALVADORAN LEFTIS T
LEADER HECTOR OQUELI COLINDRES .
OQUELI, LEADER OF THE NATIONAL REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT (MNR) AN D
HILDA FLORES, A GUATEMALAN SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC LEADER WERE ABDUCTED AN D
KILLED IN JANUARY BY UNIDENTIFIED INDIVIDUALS IN GUATEMALA CITY A S
THEY WERE HEADING TO THE LA AURORA AIRPORT .
PRESIDENT CEREZO WAS IN CARACAS ON THE OCCASION OF THE MEETING
BETWEEN THE FMLN-FDR [FARABUNDO MARTI NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT -
REVOLUTIONARY DEMOCRATIC FRONT] AND A DELEGATION OF THE SALVADORA N
GOVERNMENT. ON THAT OCCASION PRESIDENT CEREZO MET WITH BOT H
DELEGATIONS SEPARATELY. HE INFORMED THEM ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION S
BEING CONDUCTED CONCERNING THE CRIME AND TOLD THEM THAT HE WOULD SEN D
HIS GOVERNMENT'S VERSION TO PRESIDENT CRISTIANI .
SINCE PRESIDENT CEREZO TOLD JOURNALISTS THAT "SALVADORAN RIGHTIST
SECTORS AND SOLDIERS" COULD BE IMPLICATED IN THE CRIME, YESTERDAY ARM Y
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SPOKESMEN WERE ASKED TO COMMENT ON THE SUBJECT . THEY SAID THAT
ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE HEARD SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT, THEY HAVE N O
SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE REPORT, WHICH THEY EXPECT TO SEE SOON, I F
IT IS NOT JUST SPECULATION .
TST 1-MUC3-002 4
BOGOTA, 8 DEC 89 (DPA) -- [TEXT] THE CAR BOMB ATTACK ON 6 DECEMBE R
WHICH DESTROYED THE BUILDING THAT HOUSES THE ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMEN T
OF SECURITY (DAS, SECRET POLICE) HAD BEEN PLANNED SINCE LAST
SEPTEMBER, ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL DISCLOSURES .
A POLICE SPOKESPERSON CONFIRMED TODAY THAT THE BUS USED IN TH E
TERRORIST ACTION WAS BOUGHT BY A MAN WHO IS A NATIVE OF MEDELLIN . HE
USED FALSE DOCUMENTS TO BUY THE CAR FROM A SCHOOL PROPRIETOR IN
BOGOTA.
ACCORDING TO THE AUTHORITIES, THE BUYER, WHO IS A MEMBER OF TH E
SINISTER MEDELLIN CARTEL, WAS INSTRUCTED BY TERRORISTS ABROAD T O
EXPLODE 500 KG OF DYNAMITE GEL IN FRONT OF THE HEADQUARTERS OF TH E
COUNTRY'S PRINCIPAL SECURITY ORGANIZATION .
DAS DIRECTOR BRIGADIER GENERAL MIGUEL MAZA MARQUEZ SAID ON 7
DECEMBER THAT A MEMBER OF THE SEPARATIST ETA [BASQUE FATHERLAND AN D
LIBERTY] GROUP DIRECTED THE OPERATION .
MAZA MARQUEZ ALSO SAID THAT PABLO ESCOBAR GAVIRIA AND GONZAL O
RODRIGUEZ GACHA, THE WORLD'S BIGGEST DRUG TRAFFICKERS, "ARE BEHIN D
THIS CRIMINAL ATTACK ."
"THE MEDELLIN CARTEL PLANNED THE ATTACK SINCE SEPTEMBER, AFTER
ANOTHER CAR BOMB ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE MAZA MARQUEZ WAS FOILED LAS T
MAY," THE POLICE SPOKESPERSON STATED .
MEANWHILE, THREE PERSONS SUSPECTED OF PARTICIPATING IN THE ATTAC K
WERE RELEASED ON 7 DECEMBER, AFTER BEING FOUND INNOCENT. TWO OTHE R
PERSONS ARE BEING HELD BY THE POLICE AND ARE UNDERGOING INTENS E
QUESTIONING .
THE AUTHORITIES ALSO CONFIRMED THAT THE NUMBER OF VICTIMS IS 59 AND
NOT 62, AS WAS REPORTED OFFICIALLY ON 7 DECEMBER .
CIVIL DEFENSE AND RED CROSS CREWS, AS WELL AS ARMED FORCES UNITS ,
ARE REMOVING THE RUBBLE FROM A 2-KM-PERIMETER, FEARING THAT PEOPLE MAY
BE PERSONS TRAPPED BENEATH TONS OF IRON AND CEMENT .
2 . SAMPLES OF IRRELEVANT TEXT S
TST 1-MUC3-000 7
GUATEMALA CITY, 31 AUG 89 (RADIO NUEVO MUNDO NETWORK) -- [EXCERPT ]
THE LEADERSHIP OF THE COORDINATING COMMITTEE OF FARMING, COMMERCIAL ,
INDUSTRIAL, AND FINANCIAL ASSOCIATIONS, CACIF, HAS MET WITH THE ACTIN G
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC . SOURCES CLOSE TO THE GOVERNMENT HAV E
DISCLOSED THAT THEY DISCUSSED THE ECONOMIC PROGRAM PROPOSED BY THE
GOVERNMENT ON 25 AUGUST .
ACCORDING TO OUR SOURCES, THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COUNTRY' S
PRODUCTIVE SECTOR AND ACTING PRESIDENT ROBERTO CARPIO NICOLLE ALS O
DISCUSSED THE VIOLENCE PREVAILING IN THE COUNTRY AND THE WAY LA W
ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES ARE COPING WITH THE PROBLEM THAT HAS ALREADY
TAKEN A TOLL ON SEVERAL VICTIMS . NO DETAILS WERE DISCLOSED AS TO THE
MEANS THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL ADOPT IN ORDER TO HALT THE WAVE O F
TERROR THAT HAS TAKEN OVER THE COUNTRY, THE SAME SOURCES DISCLOSED ,
CLAIMING THAT THE MECHANISMS WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
SECURITY PLAN THAT THE ACTING PRESIDENT WILL MAKE PUBLIC IN A FEW
DAYS.
A STATE OF SIEGE MIGHT BE IMPOSED AT ANY MOMENT, AS THIS IS ONE O F
THE ALTERNATIVES THE GOVERNMENT HAS LEFT FOR CONTROLLING VIOLENCE ,
PARTICULARLY THE TERRORIST ACTIONS, SAID GOVERNMENT MINISTER ROBERT O
VALLE BALDIZAN . THE MINISTER ADDED THAT IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO WAIT
FOR PRESIDENT VINICIO CEREZO TO RETURN TO THE COUNTRY.
TST 1-MUC3-000 8
BOGOTA, 14 SEP 89 (INRAVISION TELEVISION CADENA 2) -- [TEXT] DIEG O
BIAFARA, ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT OF SECURITY [DAS] AND DRU G
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY INFORMANT, WHO APPEARED BEFORE A U .S. SENATE
COMMITTEE ON 13 SEPTEMBER, REVEALED UNKNOWN LINKS BETWEEN THE ISRAEL I
AND BRITISH MERCENARIES, WHO HAVE TRAINED PARAMILITARY GROUPS IN OU R
COUNTRY.
[BEGIN RECORDING] [BIAFARA] THAT IS YAIR KLEIN IN FRONT . HE IS TH E
COLONEL WEARING THE DARK BLUE SHIRT . THE THIN PERSON BEHIND HIM
WEARING THE LIGHT BLUE SHIRT IS TEDDY, WHO WAS THE TRANSLATOR . THERE
WERE FIVE ISRAELI INSTRUCTORS . I REMEMBER THE NAMES : SADAKA ,
AMANCIA, YAIR, AND TEDDY . I CANNOT REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE FIFT H
ONE. THERE WERE 11 BRITISH INSTRUCTORS . WE USED TO CALL THAT ON E
DAVID. THIS MAN WAS AN EXPERT IN EXPLOSIVES . HE INSTRUCTED US ON HO W
TO USE EXPLOSIVES . [END RECORDING]
THESE WERE STATEMENTS MADE BY BIAFARA TO THE U .S. SENATE IN WHIC H
WE LEARNED OF A CLEAR LINK BETWEEN THE ISRAELI MERCENARIES, WHO WERE
TRAINING PARAMILITARY GROUPS IN THE MIDDLE MAGDALENA REGION, AND TH E
BRITISH MERCENARIES WHO CAME TO THE COUNTRY ALLEGEDLY TO ASSASSINAT E
PABLO ESCOBAR .
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BIAFARA KNEW BOTH GROUPS OF MERCENARIES . ACCORDING TO HIS
STATEMENTS GIVEN TO DAS LAST MARCH, NOT ONLY DID ISRAELI MERCENARIE S
TRAIN ASSASSINS IN MIDDLE MAGDALENA, THERE WAS ALSO A GROUP OF 1 1
BRITISH MERCENARIES, WHO GAVE LESSONS TO 50 STUDENTS . AMONG TH E
INSTRUCTORS THERE WAS PETER MCLISE, THE NAME OF ONE OF THE LEADER S
OF THE OPERATION AGAINST PABLO ESCOBAR, AND DAVID, WHO BIAFARA CLEARL Y
IDENTIFIED . HE WAS DAVID TOMKINS, THE MAN IN CHARGE OF THE PLO T
AGAINST ESCOBAR . ACCORDING TO BIAFARA, MOST BRITISH INSTRUCTORS HAD
TATOOS ON THEIR BREASTS, ARMS, AND SHOULDERS, JUST AS WE CAN SEE ON
THE VIDEO TAPED BY THE BRITISH MEN WHO PREPARED THE OPERATION AGAINS T
ESCOBAR.
IN CONCLUSION, THE MERCENARIES WHO WERE PREPARING TO ASSASSINAT E
ONE OF THE MEDELLIN CARTEL LEADERS WERE THE SAME ONES WHO TRAINED TH E
ASSASSINS PAID BY THE CARTEL ITSELF .
TST1-MUC3-001 0
SAN SALVADOR, 19 MAR 89 (RADIO CADENA SONORA) -- [COMMUNIQUE]
[FARABUNDO MARTI NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT GENERAL COMMAND] [TEXT ]
ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT COMMISSION :
TODAY, 9 MARCH, WE HAVE RECEIVED A MESSAGE SIGNED BY THE MEMBERS OF
YOUR COMMISSION ASKING US TO BEGIN THE PEACE TALKS . WE HAVE ALREAD Y
ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, EXPRESSING OUR WILLINGNES S
TO HOLD A MEETING . THE GOVERNMENT COMMISSION'S LETTER MAKES NO MENTIO N
OF ANY MOVE TO POSTPONE THE ELECTIONS . IT DOES NOT EVEN CONSIDE R
INCLUDING THIS TOPIC ON THE MEETING'S AGENDA . ON THE CONTRARY, IT IS
CLEAR THAT THE COMMISSION HAS ALREADY DECIDED TO HOLD THE ELECTIONS O N
19 MARCH .
CONSEQUENTLY, THE FARABUNDO MARTI NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT [FMLN ]
HEREBY INFORMS THE GOVERNMENT COMMISSION AND THE SALVADORAN PEOPLE O F
THE FOLLOWING :
1.THE GOVERNMENT COMMISSION MUST CLEARLY AND PUBLICLY ANNOUNC E
THAT IT IS WILLING TO REACH AN AGREEMENT ON CONFINING THE ARMY TO IT S
BARRACKS ON THE DAY OF THE ELECTIONS, ESTABLISHING AN ELECTORAL CODE
BY CONSENSUS, PROVIDING ABSENTEE VOTING FOR SALVADORANS LIVING ABROAD,
RESTRUCTURING THE CENTRAL ELECTIONS COUNCIL, AND FORMING A COUNCIL FO R
VERIFICATION .
MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT MUST EXPRESS THE STATE POWERS' WILLINGNESS TO
POSTPONE THE ELECTIONS FOR 5 MONTHS, ONCE A CEASE-FIRE HAS BEEN AGREE D
UPON. WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE GOVERNMENT COMMISSION MUST PUBLICLY
ANNOUNCE THAT IT IS WILLING TO BRING MILITARY COMMANDERS AND OFFICER S
RESPONSIBLE FOR POLITICAL MURDERS AND CRIMES TO TRIAL, TO REDUCE TH E
SALVADORAN ARMED FORCES TO THE NUMBER OF TROOPS IT HAD IN 1968, AND T O
DISBAND THE SECURITY FORCES TO FORM A NEW CIVIL POLICE . WE REITERATE
OUR WILLINGNESS TO DISCUSS PERMANENTLY CEASING THE ARMED STRUGGLE .
2. IF THE GOVERNMENT COMMISSION AGREES TO THE ABOVE REQUESTS, TH E
FMLN WILL AGREE TO A MEETING AND IS WILLING TO IMMEDIATELY DECIDE ON A
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DATE AND A TIME FOR THE MEETING . THE FMLN IS EVEN WILLING TO HOLD THE
MEETING OUTSIDE EL SALVADOR . AS A PART OF THIS MEETING, WE ARE WILLIN G
TO NEGOTIATE AND COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE ARMED FORCES STAFF ON A
CEASE-FIRE THAT WILL BRING ABOUT A PERMANENT AND NEGOTIATED SOLUTIO N
TO THE CONFLICT.
3. IF NO SUCH AGREEMENT IS REACHED, THEN THERE IS NO POINT I N
HOLDING THE MEETING PRIOR TO 19 MARCH, BECAUSE IT WILL SIMPLY BE USED
BY BOTH THE CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY [PDC] AND THE NATIONALIS T
REPUBLICAN ALLIANCE [ARENA] IN THEIR ELECTION DISPUTE . THE ELECTIONS
PLAY NO ROLE IN ACHIEVING PEACE ; THEY ONLY SERVE TO PROVIDE A FALSE
JUSTIFICATION FOR CONTINUING THE WAR .
4. WE AWAIT A RESPONSE FROM THE GOVERNMENT COMMISSION .
EL SALVADOR, 9 MARCH 198 9
FMLN GENERAL COMMAND
[SIGNED] COMMANDER SALVADOR SANCHEZ CEREN
COMMANDER FRANCISCO JOVEL
COMMANDER JORGE SHAFIK HANDA L
COMMANDER EDUARDO SANCH O
COMMANDER JOAQUIN VILLALOBO S
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LIMA, 29 MAR 89 (EFE) -- [TEXT] THE TUPAC AMARU REVOLUTIONAR Y
MOVEMENT (MRTA), A PERUVIAN GUERRILLA ORGANIZATION, HAS SENT A LETTE R
TO PERUVIAN CARDINAL JUAN LANDAZUR :I, PROPOSING THAT A DIALOGUE BE HELD
TO RESTORE PEACE TO PERU .
IN ITS LETTER, WHICH IS PARTIALLY PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S L A
REPUBLICA, A LIMA NEWSPAPER, THE MRTA OUTLINES SEVERAL CONDITION S
UNDER WHICH IT WILL HOLD A DIALOGUE WITH THE CATHOLIC CHURCH .
THE MRTA LETTER IS DATED 26 MARCH, THE SAME DAY CARDINAL LANDAZUR I
STATED OVER A LOCAL TELEVISION STATION THAT THE CHURCH WOULD B E
WILLING TO MEDIATE WITH VIOLENCE-ORIENTED MOVEMENTS UNDER ACCEPTABL E
CONDITIONS FOR DIALOGUE.
THE CARDINAL ADDED THAT, BECAUSE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE IDEOLOGIES ,
THESE MOVEMENTS HAVE NOT ENGAGED IN ANY DIALOGUE WHATSOEVER . HE ALSO
NOTED THAT APPEALS MADE BY THE CHURCH HAVE GONE UNHEEDED .
ACCORDING TO LA REPUBLICA, THE MRTA LETTER SAYS THAT THE MRT A
"NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CAREFULLY LISTENED TO YOUR EASTER MESSAGE TO TH E
CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IN WHICH YOU REFLECTED ON THE PROBLEM OF VIOLENCE
IN THE COUNTRY, AND MADE AN APPEAL TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAV E
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TAKEN UP ARMS . "
THUS, THE LETTER ADDS, THE MRTA "DEEMS IT IMPORTANT TO INFORM YO U
OF OUR OPINION AND OUR PROPOSALS IN THIS REGARD ."
THE LETTER SAYS THAT THE CHURCH MUST PLAY A DECISIVE ROLE I N
"HUMANIZING THIS WAR," AND THAT MOST VICTIMS OF THIS WAR ARE "UNARME D
CIVILIANS ."
THE MRTA BELIEVES THAT IN ORDER TO HUMANIZE THIS CONFLICT THE
GOVERNMENT AND THE ARMED FORCES MUST "STOP COMMITTING CRIMES AGAINS T
UNARMED CIVILIANS, PRISONERS MUST BE TREATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TH E
VIENNA CONVENTION, TORTURE AND HUMAN RIGHTS' CRIMES MUST END, AN D
PARAMILITARY GANGS MUST BE DISMANTLED ."
THE MRTA ASKS THE CHURCH TO DEMAND THAT THE PERUVIAN GOVERNMEN T
CHANGE ITS ECONOMIC POLICY .
THE MRTA SAYS: "THE CHURCH MUST DEMAND THAT THE GOVERNMENT PUT A N
END TO REPRESSION AND CRIMES AGAINST THE PEOPLE; THAT HIGH MORAL
STANDARDS BE OBSERVED IN ALL ASPECTS OF PERUVIAN POLITICAL LIE; AND
THAT STIFF PUNISHMENT BE GIVEN TO THOSE WHO COMMIT IMMORAL, CRIMINA L
ACTS AGAINST THE PEOPLE . "
THE MRTA LETTER CONCLUDES BY STATING THAT ONLY THIS WAY WILL THE
CHURCH TRULY "CONTRIBUTE TO FINDING A SOLUTION TO THIS CONFRONTATION ."
MONSIGNOR RICARDO DURAND FLORES, PRESIDENT OF THE PERUVIA N
EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE, TODAY SAID THAT THE CHURCH "CANNOT REJECT AN Y
PROPOSAL FROM VIOLENCE-ORIENTED ORGANIZATIONS ."
MSGR DURAND SAID THAT IF SUCH A PROPOSAL IS MADE THE EPISCOPA L
CONFERENCE WILL IMMEDIATELY CALL A MEETING OF ITS STANDING COMMITTE E
"TO STUDY THE SITUATION."
VICTOR POLAY, ONE OF THE MRTA'S LEADERS, IS CURRENTLY IN CUSTOD Y
AND FACING TRIAL ON CHARGES OF TERRORISM .
MORE THAN 13,000 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN PERU SINCE 1980, WHEN TH E
MAOIST SHINING PATH ORGANIZATION STARTED ITS WAVE OF POLITICA L
VIOLENCE, WHICH HAS ALSO CAUSED HEAVY MATERIAL DAMAGE.
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BOGOTA, 27 APR 90 (INRAVISION TELEVISION CADENA 1) -- [SPEECH ]
[COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT VIRGILIO BARCO] [TEXT] [CONTINUED] THE MEDIA CA N
MAKE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TOWARD PEACE AND DEMOCRACY IF, O N
THEIR OWN INITIATIVE, THEY LAUNCH A GREAT CIVIC CAMPAIGN TO VIGOROUSLY
STIMULATE THE CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COMING ELECTIONS .
FELLOW CITIZENS, I KNOW THAT YOU ARE ASKING YOURSELVES WHAT CAN B E
DONE UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES . ABOVE ALL, DO NOT PLAY UP TO
TERRORISM . THE INTERESTS OF THE FATHERLAND ARE ABOVE ALL INDIVIDUA L
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OR GROUP INTERESTS, AS IS THE DEFENSE OF OUR DEMOCRACY, WHICH WE HAV E
ALL BEEN BUILDING TOGETHER FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY . THIS CANNOT B E
THE TIME OF OPPORTUNISM . THIS IS THE HOUR OF SOLIDARITY WITH TH E
COUNTRY, ITS PEOPLE, AND ITS INSTITUTIONS . THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THES E
MEASURES AND THE ACTIONS OF THE PUBLIC FORCE DEPEND, FIRST OF ALL, O N
THE SOLIDARITY OF THE CITIZENS . THE RESULTS WILL BE AS ENCOURAGIN G
AND AS FAVORABLE AS THE COOPERATION OF THE CITIZENS . TO REGAIN
TRANQUILITY IS NOT THE EXCLUSIVE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ARMED FORCES O R
THE STATE. IT IS A TASK IN WHICH EACH OF US HAS SOMETHING TO
CONTRIBUTE.
COLOMBIA HAS SUCCESSFULLY OVERCOME EVEN MORE DIFFICULT MOMENTS . IT
HAS FACED DECISIVELY AND EMERGED VICTORIOUSLY FROM EVEN MORE UNCERTAIN
SITUATIONS . THAT PAST HAS CREATED SOLID INSTITUTIONS . FOR THIS
REASON, I AM SURE THAT DEMOCRACY WILL TRIUMPH AND THAT THOSE WH O
COMMIT VIOLENCE, REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY MAY BE, WILL BE PUNISHED . I
AM SURE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS ALONG THE PATH OF PEACE ,
TOLERANCE, AND RESPECT FOR LIFE AND HUMAN DIGNITY . GOOD NIGHT .
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BOGOTA, 22 SEP 89 (RADIO CADENA NACIONAL) -- [TEXT] SECURIT Y
MEASURES IN THE CAPITAL HAVE BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY BEEFED UP AFTER THE
MILITARY AND POLICE FORCES DISCOVERED A TERRORIST PLAN AGAINST A STAT E
INSTITUTION .
GENERAL RAMON NIEBLES UZCATEGUI, COMMANDER OF THE 13TH BRIGADE ,
REPORTED THAT THE PLAN WAS DISCOVERED FOLLOWING INVESTIGATIONS I N
SOUTHWESTERN BOGOTA, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY AT CARVAJAL DISTRICT, WHER E
THE POLICE DISCOVERED A CAR WITH 100 KG OF GELIGNITE AT A RESIDENCE .
THE CAR HAD A SLOW-BURNING FUSE AND MECHANISMS TO SET IT OFF.
DURING THE SAME INVESTIGATION, THE AUTHORITIES FOUND A TOYOT A
CAMPER WITH 15 KG OF DYNAMITE, A POWERFUL MOTORCYCLE, AND OTHER ITEMS
TYPICAL OF TERRORIST ACTIVITIES .
