DESTROYED BRIDGES SAN MIGUEL, EL SALVADOR (SANITIZED)

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84T00171R000201830001-8
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 25, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 15, 1983
• Content Type: REPORT

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15 SEPTEMBER 1983
DESTROYED BRIDGES
SAN MIGUEL, EL SALVADOR (S/NF)
Ivalid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
SIGNIFICANCE: INSURGENT FORCES DESTROYED THREE BRIDGES IN
EASTERN SAN MIGUEL.. (S/NF)
CONFIRMED THE INSURGENT DESTRUCTION OF THREE BRIDGES NEAR
SAN MIGUEL. HEAVY DAMAGE TO ONE RAILROAD BRIDGE AND TWO
HIGHWAY BRIDGES, CROSSING THE RIO GRANDE IN EASTERN SAN
MIGUEL, WAS EVIDENT. THE DAMAGED RAILROAD BRIDGE WAS THE
SAN MIGUEL RAILROAD BRIDGE. THE DAMAGED HIGHWAY BRIDGES
WERE THE SAN MIGUEL HIGHWAY BRIDGE RIO GRANDE, AND THE SAN
MIGUEL ROAD BRIDGE NORTHEAST. (S/NF)
REMARKS: ~ (IMAGERY OF
OPEN SOURCE INFORMATION INDICATED A CLASH BETWEEN FARABUNDO
MARTI LIBERATION FRONT (FMLN) INSURGENTS AND THE SALVADORAN
MILITARY IN SAN MIGUEL OCCURRED ON 3 SEPTEMBER. GOVERNMENT
CONTROL OF THE CITY WAS REESTABLISHED ON 4 SEPTEMBER. LOSS
OF THE BRIDGES RESTRICTS TRAVEL ALONG THE PAN AMERICAN
HIGHWAY FROM THE SOUTHEAST INTO EL SALVADOR'S CENTRAL AND
WESTERN DEPARTMENTS, AND INTO SAN MIGUEL CITY. (S/NF)
CAPITAL CITY. (S/NF)
SAN MIGUEL IS THE THIRD LARGEST CITY IN EL SALVADOR, AND IS
APPROXIMATELY 62 NM EAST SOUTHEAST OF SAN SALVADOR, THE
COORDINATES 13-29-56N 088-09-54W (S)
SAN MIGUEL RD BR NE,
COORDINATES 13-27-45N 088-09-13W S
SAN MIGUEL HWY BR RIO GRANDE,
COORDINATES 13-28-13N 088-09-38W S
SAN MIGUEL RR BR,
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered
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