NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DAILY (CABLE)

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06508148
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: December 1, 2017
• Case Number: F-2016-01785
• Publication Date: September 2, 1982

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EL SALVADOR: Counterinsurgency Gains
The unprecedented success of the counterinsurgency
operation completed last week in San Vicente Department
was due to new tactics and better leadership. The two-
phase sweep operation inflicted substantial losses on the
guerrillas, and the armed forces--in contrast to past
practice--took 25 prisoners. The operation's success is
largely the result of the planning and leadership of
veteran commander Lieutenant Colonel Ochoa.
Comment: The campaign, which has received extensive
local press coverage, is sure to raise military morale.
The influence of Ochoa, a strong rightist known to favor
changing the current military leadership, also will in-
crease. Defense Minister Garcia and other senior officers
will thus face the dilemma of supporting Ochoa's combat
initiatives while seeking to limit his political maneuver-
ing against them.
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