PRELIMINARY ACTS OF SALVADORAN MILITARY JUNTA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002100780002-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 22, 1998
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: December 15, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 1999/09/08: CIA-RDP82-00457ROM0200002
;EN RAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
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COUNTRY El Salvador
SUBJECT Preliminary facts of Salvadoran Military Junta
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1. Salvadoran President Castaneda y Castro, deposed on 14 December by an Army
coup d'stat, is being held prisoner at Fort Zapote, the First infantry
headquarters, awaiting trial for violation of the Constitution.
2. As an added precaution, Col. Osmin Aguirre was also arrested by the military
~,:liclue. The group of young army officers, including Colonels J. M. Lemus,
0. J3olanos, Quintanilla and Cordoba, engineered the coup and was supported by
the entire army and National Guards
3. The police force remained neutral, and there was no civilian participation.
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denied being, party to any political pacts.
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