NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DAILY CABLE MONDAY MAY 17, 1976[SANITIZED] - 1976/05/17

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02996497
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• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: May 17, 1976

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BOLIVIA
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The assassination last week in Paris of General
Joaquin Zenteno, Bolivian ambassador to France, bears a
marked similarity to the murder of Colonel Ramon Trabal,
the Uruguayan military attache who was shot in his Paris
apartment in December 1974.
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Both men had prominent roles in eradicating
leftist subversive groups in their own countries before
being posted to Paris. Trabal served as chief of military
security in Uruguay and had a primary responsibility for
planning and directing the campaign against the Tupamaros
He reportedly was given a diplomatic assignment at the
request of army superiors who resented his ambition and
ability.
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Zenteno achieved international prominence in 1967
for tracking down and capturing Che Guevara; he later
became commander in chief of the armed forces--the second
most powerful position in Bolivia. He went into "golden
exile" in 1973 following a serious disagreement with
President Banzer over administrative and political matters.
In each case previously unknown terrorist groups
claimed responsibility for the murder. A group calling itself
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the Raul Sendic International Brigade (named for the founder
of the Tupamaros) took credit for Trabal's "execution," and
the "Che Guevara International Brigade" claims it eliminated
Zenteno.
Zenteno s name has long been on a leftist assassination
list that was prepared to eliminate several military and
political figures whom the leftists hold responsible for
Guevara's death. Major Gary Prado, who is also believed to
be on the list, was recalled from his post as Bolivian
military attache in Spain late last week.//
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It is possible that an international organization,
based in Argentina, that calls itself the Revolutionary
Coordinating Junta is responsible for either or both
assassinations.
this group is led by
representatives of subversive groups in Bolivia, Uruguay,
Paraguay, Chile, Brazil, and Argentina and is dedicated to
the violent overthrow of military-backed governments in
those countries.//
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//In the past, Latin American terrorists generally
confined their operations to their own countries, but many
observers predict that operations now will be modeled on the
activities of Middle East rrorist groups and will occur
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