EFFORTS BY ROBERTO D'AUBUISSON TO DEVELOP INFLUENCE AMONG SALVADORAN MILITARY OFFICERS.

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• Document Creation Date: March 8, 2023
• Document Release Date: August 8, 2019
• Case Number: F-2017-01057
• Publication Date: October 2, 1982

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Document:CIAA -0000 346209 Subject: EFFORTS BY ROBERTO D'AUBUISSON TO DEVELOP
INFLUENCE AMONG SALVADORAN MILITARY OFFICERS.
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SUBJECT: EFFORTS BY ROBERTO D'AUBUISSON TO DEVELOP
INFLUENCE AMONG SALVADORAN MILITARY OFFICERS.
1. ACCORDING TO COLONEL RAFAEL ((FLORES)) LIMA,
CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES GENERAL STAFF, ON 27 SEPTEMBER 1982
ROBERTO ((D'AUBUISSON)), PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
AND HEAD OF THE NATIONALIST REPUBLICAN ALLIANCE (ARENA),
ARRANGED A PRIVATE MEETING WITH GENERAL JOSE GUILLERMO
((GARCIA)), MINISTER OF DEFENSE, DURING WHICH D'AUBUISSON
COMMENTED ON HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH SALVADORAN MILITARY
OFFICERS.
2. D'AUBUISSON SAID THAT DESPITE RUMORS AND CONTRARY
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HE WAS NOT ATTEMPTING TO DIVIDE THE ARMED FORCES NOR WAS
HE PROMOTING OPPOSITION WITHIN THE OFFICER CORPS AGAINST
GARCIA. HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO FLORES LIMA, D'AUBUISSON
ADMITTED THAT HE WAS IN REGULAR CONTACT WITH VARIOUS
MILITARY OFFICERS AND FURTHER ADMITTED THAT HE HAD OFFERED
SOME OF THEM POSITIONS AS ADVISORS TO GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED
INDUSTRIES AND ENTERPRISES. THIS ARRANGEMENT PROVIDES THE
MILITARY OFFICERS CERTAIN PRIVILEGES WHICH USUALLY INCLUDE
A MODEST SALARY AND PERHAPS THE USE OF AN OFFICIAL VEHICLE.
3. FLORES LIMA STATED THAT D'AUBUISSON HAD OFFERED SUCH
POSITIONS TO KEY MILITARY OFFICERS IN AN ATTEMPT TO CULTIVATE
THEIR LOYALTY. MOST OF THESE OFFICERS REPORTED D'AUBUISSON'S
APPROACHES TO GENERAL GARCIA BUT SOME HAD ACCEPTED APPOINTMENTS
WITHOUT GARCIA'S APPROVAL. AMONG THOSE OFFICERS WHO ACCEPTED
POSITIONS WITHOUT GARCIA'S APPROVAL.WERE LTC. SIGFRIEDO
((OCHOA)) PEREZ, CABANAS DEPARTMENTAL COMMANDER; LTC. ROBERTO
MAURICIO ((STEBAN)), EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE CAVALRY REGIMENT,
AND AIR FORCE LTC. HECTOR ((LOBO)), CHIEF OF OPERATIONS AT THE
ILOPANGO AIR BASE. (OCHOA PEREZ WAS SUBSEQUENTLY FORCED BY
GARCIA TO RESIGN HIS POSITION ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT BANK.) D'AUBUISSON PROMISED THAT
IN THE FUTURE HE WOULD CONSULT WITH GARCIA PRIOR TO OFFERING
SUCH APPOINTMENTS TO MILITARY OFFICERS.
4. ACCORDING TO FLORES LIMA, THE FOLLOWING ARMY OFFICERS
WERE OFFERED ADVISORY POSITIONS WITH STATE ENTITIES BY D'AUBUISSON
BUT REPORTED THE OFFERS TO GARCIA; COL. FRANCISCO ANTONIO
((MORAN)), DIRECTOR OF THE TREASURY POLICE; MAJOR RENE EMILIO
((PONCE)), SUB-DIRECTOR OF THE TREASURY POLICE;
MAJOR ARISTIDES ALFONSO ((MARQUEZ)), CHIEF OF INTELLIGENCE OF
NATIONAL POLICE; COL. ARISTIDES ((MONTES)), SUB-DIRECTOR
OF THE NATIONAL GUARD; AND LTC. RICARDO ((CIENFUEGOS)),
AIDE TO FLORES LIMA. AS OF 30 SEPTEMBER, GARCIA HAD APPROVED
ONLY THE APPOINTMENT OF COL. MORAN, AS AN ADVISOR TO THE
STATE ELECTRICAL ENTERPRISE (CEL). THIS CONCESSION TO MORAN
RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT COMPLAINTS AGAINST GARCIA BY ELEMENTS
OF THE OFFICER CORPS.
5. FLORES LIMA SAID THAT EVEN HE HAD BEEN OFFERED A
POSITION WITH A STATE ENTITY BY D'AUBUISSON BUT HAD DECLINED.
D'AUBUISSON'S MOST RECENT ATTEMPT TO BUILD INFLUENCE IN THE
MILITARY WAS TO OFFER SUBSTANTIAL ASSIGNMENTS IN THE
GOVERNMENT'S AGRARIAN REFORM INSTITUTE (ISTA) TO THE WIVES
OF LIEUTENANT COLONELS OCHOA PEREZ AND CARLOS ANGEL ((AVILES)),
THE CHIEF OF LOGISTICS (D-IV) OF THE GENERAL STAFF. AVILES'
WIFE, A LAWYER, WAS OFFERED A POSITION AS A LEGAL ADVISOR TO
ISTA.
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