VE OUTPOST ATTACKED BY GUERRILLAS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP08C01297R000700030069-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 25, 2012
• Sequence Number: 69
• Publication Date: September 25, 1983
• Content Type: CABLE

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CONFIDENTIAL SECTION 01 OF 02 CARACAS VE 08258
NOFORN
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COUNTRY: (U) VENEZUELA (VE), COLOMBIA (CO)
SUBJ: VE OUTPOST ATTACKED BY----7
GUERRILLAS i_SUPPLEMENTRO
WARNING: (U) THIS IS AN INFO REPORT, NOT FINALLY
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EVALUATED INTEL
DOI: (U) 830921
REQS: (U) K-OSI-00046, M-4BX-21845, U-UCR-42673,
7-1111-vvn01
HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE INVESTIGATION IN PROGRESS AND
OF CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE INCIDENT. HAS REPORTED
ACCURATELY IN THE PAST.
SUMMARY: (C/NOFORN) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE
17-18 SEP 83 GUERRILLA ATTACK NEAR THE VE-CO BORDER
IDENTIFIES 40 TO 80 GUERRILLAS WHO LEFT IN THE AREA
PROTEST GRAFFITI AND LEAFLETS NAMING THE ELN
(EJERCITO DE LIBERACION NACIONAL--NATIONAL LIBERATION
ARMY) AND THE BANDERA ROJA (RED FLAG) AS PERPETRATORS
OF THE ATTACK.
TEXT: 1. (C/NOFORN) SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
CONCERNING THE 17-18 SEP 83 GUERRILLA ATTACK IN
SOUTHWEST VENEZUELA
WAS DISCUSSED WITH SOURCE ON 21 SEP 83.
SOURCE REVEALED THAT THE INVESTIGATION TEAM IS STILL
ON THE SITE AND THAT THE REPORT IS BEING COMPILED
PERSONALLY BY THE VE ARMED FORCES OF COOPERATION (FAC)
THE FAC COMMANDER, MG BERTHE, RETURNED TO CARACAS
LATE 20 SEP 83 AND HAS MADE FEW COMMENTS CONCERNING
THE ATTACK OR THE INVESTIGATION. HOWEVER,
IGUERRILLTF
ORCE OF 40 T0_80 ATJACKED THE ISOLATED POST WHICH
IOKSINGI1E_GUARDHOUSE AT 2000 HOURS LOCAL
17 SEP 83A THE OFFICER IN CHARGE, A FAC LIEUTENANT,
WAS NOT PRESENT. ETRE-APPARENT'AIJOF THE GUERRILLA
BAND,
tINDICATED THAT THE INSURGENTS MADE_OFF-WITH,20,FAC7----
RIT:111-,,,SEVERAL PISTOLS, AND BOXES OF GRENADESy
AND AMMUNITION.
2. (C/NOFORN) THE GUERRILLAS ALSO REPORTEDLY MARKED
"ELN" ON SEVERAL WALLS OF THE SMALL GUARDHOUSE, AND
REPORTEDLY LEFT LEAFLETS IDENTIFYING THE CULPRITS
AS "BANDERA ROJA." SOURCE ADMITS THAT THE PRESS HAS
GREATLY EXAGGERATED NUMBERS OF GUERRILLAS AND QUANTITY
OF WEAPONS SEIZED. THAT SEVERAL
SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN ROUNDED UP, BUT THAT THERE HAS
BEEN NO CAPTURE OF KNOWN ASSAILANTS. RO REQUESTED A
COPY OF FINAL INVESTIGATION, WHICH IS ESTIMATED TO
BE AVAILABLE WITHIN ONE WEEK.
C MMEDEg (C/NOFORN) THE,JMPORTANCE OF:THIS-INCH)
IS INDICATED BY THE HIGH_LEVEL INVESTIGATION''AND
ATTENT-160i4 GIVEN TO THE REMOTE BORDER REGIUTTEY-KEY
GENERALS_IN,THE,FA0.4.:7HE AREA WHERE THE INCURSION
CCURRED_IS-EXTREMELY ISOLATED, LACKING ROADS AND
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DIZARtY---Att-COMMUNICATIONS. HARD EVIDENCE WITH POSITIVE
PROOF-LINKING-THE--ELN-AND THE BANDERA ROJA HAS YET TO
BE BROUGHT OUT OF THE AREA, HOWEVER. THE PRELIMINARY
REPORT BY THE COLOMBIAN ARMY ATTACHE IN VE IS SUBSTAN-
TIATED BY THIS. REPORT
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