{ "paper_id": "M91-1040", "header": { "generated_with": "S2ORC 1.0.0", "date_generated": "2023-01-19T03:15:29.686997Z" }, "title": "APPENDIX D : SAMPLE TEXTS FROM TST1 TEST SET", "authors": [], "year": "", "venue": null, "identifiers": {}, "abstract": "This appendix contains some representative texts from the MUC-3 corpus. Twelve examples were selected from the first 25 texts in the dry-ru n test set (TST1), six of texts that were relevant to the data extraction task and si x that were not relevant to the task .", "pdf_parse": { "paper_id": "M91-1040", "_pdf_hash": "", "abstract": [ { "text": "This appendix contains some representative texts from the MUC-3 corpus. Twelve examples were selected from the first 25 texts in the dry-ru n test set (TST1), six of texts that were relevant to the data extraction task and si x that were not relevant to the task .", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "Abstract", "sec_num": null } ], "body_text": [ { "text": "TST1-MUC3-000 1 GUATEMALA CITY, 4 FEB 90 (ACAN-EFE) --[TEXT] THE GUATEMALA ARM Y DENIED TODAY THAT GUERRILLAS ATTACKED THE \"SANTO TOMAS\" PRESIDENTIA L FARM, LOCATED ON THE PACIFIC SIDE, WHERE PRESIDENT CEREZO HAS BEE N STAYING SINCE 2 FEBRUARY .", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "SAMPLES OF RELEVANT TEXT S", "sec_num": "1." }, { "text": "A REPORT PUBLISHED BY THE \"CERIGUA\" NEWS AGENCY --MOUTHPIECE OF THE GUATEMALAN NATIONAL REVOLUTIONARY UNITY (URNG) --WHOSE MAI N OFFICES ARE IN MEXICO, SAYS THAT A GUERRILLA COLUMN ATTACKED THE FARM 2 DAYS AGO .", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "SAMPLES OF RELEVANT TEXT S", "sec_num": "1." }, { "text": "HE ADDED THAT ON 3 FEBRUARY PRESIDENT CEREZO MET WITH TH E DIPLOMATIC CORPS ACCREDITED IN GUATEMALA .", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [], "eq_spans": [], "section": "HOWEVER, ARMED FORCES SPOKESMAN COLONEL LUIS ARTURO ISAACS SAI D THAT THE ATTACK, WHICH RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF A CIVILIAN WHO WA S PASSING BY AT THE TIME OF THE SKIRMISH, WAS NOT AGAINST THE FARM, AN D THAT PRESIDENT CEREZO IS SAFE AND SOUND .", "sec_num": null }, { "text": "COL ISAACS SAID THAT THE GUERRILLAS ATTACKED THE \"LA EMINENCIA \" FARM LOCATED NEAR THE \"SANTO TOMAS\" FARM, WHERE THEY BURNED TH E FACILITIES AND STOLE FOOD . 'S TERRORIST TARGET WAS THE ANTIOQUTA LIQUEUR PLANT . FOU R POWERFUL ROCKETS WERE GOING TO EXPLODE VERY CLOSE TO THE TANKS WHER E 300,000 GALLONS OF THE SO-CALLED CASTILLE CRUDE, USED TO OPERATE TH E BOILERS, IS STORED . THE WATCHMEN ON DUTY REPORTED THAT AT 2030 THE Y SAW A MAN AND A WOMAN LEAVING A SMALL SUITCASE NEAR THE FENCE THA T SURROUNDS THE ", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [ { "start": 158, "end": 514, "text": "'S TERRORIST TARGET WAS THE ANTIOQUTA LIQUEUR PLANT . FOU R POWERFUL ROCKETS WERE GOING TO EXPLODE VERY CLOSE TO THE TANKS WHER E 300,000 GALLONS OF THE SO-CALLED CASTILLE CRUDE, USED TO OPERATE TH E BOILERS, IS STORED . THE WATCHMEN ON DUTY REPORTED THAT AT 2030 THE Y SAW A MAN AND A WOMAN LEAVING A SMALL SUITCASE NEAR THE FENCE THA T SURROUNDS THE", "ref_id": null } ], "eq_spans": [], "section": "THE GOVERNMENT ALSO ISSUED A COMMUNIQUE DESCRIBING THE REBEL REPOR T AS \"FALSE AND INCORRECT,\" AND STRESSING THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS NEVE R IN DANGER .", "sec_num": null }, { "text": "TST 1-MUC3-000 7 GUATEMALA CITY, 31 AUG 89 (RADIO NUEVO MUNDO NETWORK) --[EXCERPT ] THE LEADERSHIP OF THE COORDINATING COMMITTEE OF FARMING, COMMERCIAL , INDUSTRIAL, AND FINANCIAL ASSOCIATIONS, CACIF, HAS MET WITH THE ACTIN G PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC . SOURCES CLOSE TO THE GOVERNMENT HAV E DISCLOSED THAT THEY DISCUSSED THE ECONOMIC PROGRAM PROPOSED BY THE GOVERNMENT ON 25 AUGUST . TO NEGOTIATE AND COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE ARMED FORCES STAFF ON A CEASE-FIRE THAT WILL BRING ABOUT A PERMANENT AND NEGOTIATED SOLUTIO N TO THE CONFLICT. 3. IF NO SUCH AGREEMENT IS REACHED, THEN THERE IS NO POINT I N HOLDING THE MEETING PRIOR TO ", "cite_spans": [], "ref_spans": [ { "start": 385, "end": 639, "text": "TO NEGOTIATE AND COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE ARMED FORCES STAFF ON A CEASE-FIRE THAT WILL BRING ABOUT A PERMANENT AND NEGOTIATED SOLUTIO N TO THE CONFLICT. 3. IF NO SUCH AGREEMENT IS REACHED, THEN THERE IS NO POINT I N HOLDING THE MEETING PRIOR TO", "ref_id": null } ], "eq_spans": [], "section": ". SAMPLES OF IRRELEVANT TEXT S", "sec_num": "2" } ], "back_matter": [], "bib_entries": {}, "ref_entries": { "FIGREF0": { "uris": null, "text": "AUG 89 (INRAVISION TELEVISION CADENA 2) --[TEXT] LAST NIGHT", "type_str": "figure", "num": null }, "TABREF0": { "type_str": "table", "content": "
CONTINUE TO HOLD FORMAL AND INFORMAL TALKS TO DISCUSS PROBLEMS O F
COMMON INTEREST, SPEED UP THE INTEGRATION PROCESS, AND INCREASE MUTUA L
UNDERSTANDING AND COOPERATION .
REGARDING THE SITUATION OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CHILEA N
CITIZENS LIVING IN ARGENTINA --A TOTAL HE ESTIMATED AT 800,000 --
VARGAS CARRENO SAID THAT PRESIDENT AYLWIN'S GOVERNMENT HAS ESTABLISHE D
AN OFFICE TO HELP THOSE CITIZENS LIVING ABROAD FOR VARIOUS REASONS T O
RETURN TO CHILE, ESPECIALLY THOSE LIVING IN ARGENTINA'S PATAGONI A
REGION WHO ARE BEING TREATED INHUMANELY, ESPECIALLY BY BUSINESSMEN I N
THE BORDER AREA, AS REPORTED BY AN ARGENTINE JOURNALIST .
TST 1-MUC3-001 1
TST1-MUC3-001 6
SANTIAGO, 18 MAY 90 (RADIO COOPERATIVA\u2022 NETWORK) --[REPORT] [JUAN
CLANDESTINE, 23 NOV 89 (RADIO VENCEREMOS) --[COMMENTARY] [TEXT ] ARAYA] [FOLLOWING ARE VARGAS CARRENO'S STATEMENTS AT A NEWS CONFERENCE H E [CONTINUED]
HELD IN BUENOS AIRES BEFORE CONCLUDING HIS OFFICIAL VISIT T O
ARGENTINA :
[BEGIN RECORDING] [TREATY WAS PERTINENT FOR THE EARLY DECADES OF THIS CENTURY BUT IS N O
LONGER IN KEEPING WITH CURRENT INTERNATIONAL PRACTICES . [END
RECORDING]
D-2
", "num": null, "text": "PLANT. THE WATCHMEN EXCHANGED FIRE WITH THE TERRORIST S WHO FLED LEAVING BEHIND THE EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL THAT ALSO INCLUDE D DYNAMITE AND GRENADE ROCKET LAUNCHERS . METROPOLITAN POLICE PERSONNEL SPECIALIZING IN EXPLOSIVES, DEFUSED THE ROCKETS . SOME 100 PEOPLE WERE WORKING INSIDE THE PLANT . THE DAMAGE THE ROCKETS WOULD HAVE CAUSED HAD THEY BEEN ACTIVATE D CANNOT BE ESTIMATED BECAUSE THE CARIBE SODA FACTORY AND THE GUAYABA L RESIDENTIAL AREA WOULD HAVE ALSO BEEN AFFECTED . THE ANTIOQUTA LIQUEUR PLANT HAS RECEIVED THREATS IN THE PAST AND MAXIMUM SECURITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN PRACTICED IN THE AREA . SECURITY WAS STEPPED UP LAST NIGHT AFTER THE INCIDENT . THE LIQUEUR INDUSTRY IS TH E LARGEST FOREIGN EXCHANGE PRODUCER FOR THE DEPARTMENT . TEXT] EDMUNDO VARGAS CARRENO, CHILEAN FOREIGN MINISTRY UNDE R SECRETARY, HAS STATED THAT THE BRYANT TREATY WITH THE UNITED STATE S WILL BE APPLIED IN THE LETELIER CASE ONLY TO COMPENSATE THE RELATIVE S OF THE FORMER CHILEAN FOREIGN MINISTER MURDERED IN WASHINGTON AND TH E RELATIVES OF HIS U .S . SECRETARY, RONNIE MOFFIT . THE CHILEAN FOREIG N UNDER SECRETARY MADE THIS STATEMENT IN REPLY TO U .S . NEWSPAPER REPORT S STATING THAT THE TREATY WOULD BE PARTIALLY RESPECTED . VARGAS] THIS TREATY [WORDS INDISTINCT] USED BY THE UNITED STATES IN 1989, DURING THE PAST ADMINISTRATION, TO SOLVE TW O PROBLEMS CONNECTED WITH THE LETELIER CASE : THE PROBLEM OF COMPENSATIO N AND THE PROBLEM OF THE CHILEAN GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR TH E DEATH OF ORLANDO LETELIER AND HIS [WORDS INDISTINCT] ASSISTANT. IT HAS BEEN AGREED IN PRINCIPLE TO USE THE TREATY EXCLUSIVELY T O SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF COMPENSATION; THAT IS THE OBJECTIVE WHEN WE REFER TO ITS PARTIAL USE . [WORDS INDISTINCT] SO AS FOR THE COMPENSATIO N SUBJECT, IT WILL BE USED . WE ARE USING THE MECHANISM CREATED BY TH E FIVE-MEMBER COMMISSION ESTABLISHED BY THE TREATY . THE LANGUAGE OF THI S DURING THE NEWS CONFERENCE WITH ARGENTINE AND FOREIGN JOURNALISTS , VARGAS CARRENO ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT PRESIDENT CARLOS MENEM WILL VISI T CHILE IN AUGUST IN RESPONSE TO AN INVITATION FROM CHILEAN PRESIDEN T PATRICIO AYLWIN, WHO WILL ALSO VISIT ARGENTINA AT AN AS YE T UNDETERMINED DATE . VARGAS CARRENO NOTED HIS SATISFACTION WITH HIS MEETINGS IN BUENO S AIRES WITH FOREIGN MINISTER DOMINGO CAVALLO AND RAUL CARIGNANO, UNDE R SECRETARY FOR LATIN AMERICAN AFFAIRS . VARGAS CARRENO SAID THAT AS A RESULT OF THIS INITIAL CONTACT THE BINATIONAL COMMISSION ESTABLISHE D BY THE CHILEAN-ARGENTINE PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP TREATY, WHICH WAS SIGNED IN 1984, WILL MEET NEXT JULY . HE SAID THAT THE TWO COUNTRIES WIL L THE OFFICERS AND EVERYONE ELSE IN THE ARMY MUST THINK THI S OVER. THEY CANNOT CONTINUE CLOSING THEIR EYES TO THE BOMBINGS, TO THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE LEFT THE POOR NEIGHBORHOODS OF SA N SALVADOR, TO THE MOTHERS WHO APPEAR CRYING ON TELEVISION . IT IS GOOD THAT THE NETWORK PRESENTS THESE PICTURES OF PEOPLE CRYING , MANIPULATING THEIR EMOTIONS . THOSE TEARS WERE SHED OVER 50 YEARS O F OPPRESSION AND MISERY, AND OVER THE BOMBINGS THAT HAVE DESTROYE D ZACAMIL NEIGHBORHOOD . OFFICERS, THE BOMBS HAVE CAUSED ALL THAT SORROW AND THE DESTRUCTION OF 500 HOUSES IN ZACAMIL .", "html": null }, "TABREF1": { "type_str": "table", "content": "
TST 1-MUC3-001 8
", "num": null, "text": "A DECISION, AND YO U MUST DO THIS SOON . HISTORY IS MOVING FAST, AND THE TIME IS RIPE . S O WHEN YOU ARE TOLD THAT YOU ARE DEFENDING THE CONSTITUTION, THINK ABOU T WHAT WE ARE TELLING YOU . IF YOU ARE DEFENDING THE CONSTITUTION, THINK ABOUT WHAT WE ARE SAYING . IF WE ARE DEFENDING THE CONSTITUTION HERE , D-3 WHY IS THIS CONSTITUTION BEING VIOLATED BY THOSE RAMBOS SENT B Y PRESIDENT BUSH TO EL SALVADOR? YOU ALL KNOW THIS LITTLE GROUP O FRAMBOS IS GOOD FOR NOTHING, AS THEY ARE COWARDS . THEY DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE THE SHERATON HOTEL, BECAUSE THE GUERRILLAS WERE THERE . THEY ARE COWARDS, JUST LIKE THEIR SYSTEM . THEY ARE TINHORN RAMBOS, WHO ARE ABSOLUTELY NO GOOD . AS WE SAID YESTERDAY, IF THOSE MEN WHO LEFT THE SHERATON LIK E COMMON CRIMINALS COVERING THEIR FACES FROM THE INTERNATIONAL PRESS AR E THE ONES WHO ARE TRAINING THEARMED FORCES, WE CAN UNDERSTAND BETTE R WHY THE FMLN IS DEFEATING THE TACTICS TAUGHT BY THEM . THEY ARE NO GOOD, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND OUR PEOPLE, THEY UNDERESTIMAT E OUR PEOPLE . OFFICERS, YOU KNOW THOSE U .S . ADVISERS UNDERESTIMAT E YOU, THEY LOOK DOWN ON YOU, AS LITTLE INDIANS, AS DONKEYS . YOU KNO W HOW THEY THINK OF YOU. YOU KOW THEY MOCK THE SALVADORAN OFFICERS . OFFICERS, YOU KNOW VERY WELL HOW THESE U .S . ADVISERS TREAT OUR SOLDIERS . THEY ARE HAUGHTY, ARROGANT, AND COWARDS . YOU SAW THEM A T THE SHERATON HOTEL, PISSING IN THEIR PANTS, THEY DID NOT WANT TO LEAV E THE HOTEL . A COMMISSION WENT THERE, THE RED CROSS WENT THERE, BU T THEY DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE, BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT SURE OF THEMSELVE S DURING THE TRUCE, SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY ARE COWARDS . WE WANT THE CIN [NATIONAL INFORMATION CENTER], THAT FASCIST NETWORK THAT IS SILENCING OUR PEOPLE, TO PRESENT THE FILMS OF TH E ADVISORS LEAVING THE HOTEL . WE CHALLENGE THE NETWORK TO PRESENT THOS E FILMS OF THE ADVISORS LEAVING THE SHERATON, WITH THEIR FACES COVERE D AS IF THEY WERE CAR THIEVES . THAT IS THE WAY THE U.S . ADVISERS --THE RAMBOS, THE SUPERMEN --LEFT THE SHERATON . THESE RAMBOS ARE NO T GOING TO SAVE ANYONE, AS THEY CANNOT EVEN SAVE THEMSELVES . SAN SALVADOR, 26 MAY 90 (EL DIARIO DE HOY) --[TEXT] TO DATE, TH E ARMY HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF A REPORT THAT THE GUATEMALAN GOVERNMENT HA S SAID IT SENT TO PRESIDENT ALFREDO CRISTIANI ON THE INVESTIGATION S CARRIED OUT IN THAT COUNTRY CONCERNING THE DEATH OF SALVADORAN LEFTIS T LEADER HECTOR OQUELI COLINDRES . OQUELI, LEADER OF THE NATIONAL REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT (MNR) AN D HILDA FLORES, A GUATEMALAN SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC LEADER WERE ABDUCTED AN D KILLED IN JANUARY BY UNIDENTIFIED INDIVIDUALS IN GUATEMALA CITY A S THEY WERE HEADING TO THE LA AURORA AIRPORT . PRESIDENT CEREZO WAS IN CARACAS ON THE OCCASION OF THE MEETING BETWEEN THE FMLN-FDR [FARABUNDO MARTI NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT -REVOLUTIONARY DEMOCRATIC FRONT] AND A DELEGATION OF THE SALVADORA N GOVERNMENT. ON THAT OCCASION PRESIDENT CEREZO MET WITH BOT H DELEGATIONS SEPARATELY. HE INFORMED THEM ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION S BEING CONDUCTED CONCERNING THE CRIME AND TOLD THEM THAT HE WOULD SEN D HIS GOVERNMENT'S VERSION TO PRESIDENT CRISTIANI . SINCE PRESIDENT CEREZO TOLD JOURNALISTS THAT \"SALVADORAN RIGHTIST SECTORS AND SOLDIERS\" COULD BE IMPLICATED IN THE CRIME, YESTERDAY ARM Y I)-4 SPOKESMEN WERE ASKED TO COMMENT ON THE SUBJECT . THEY SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE HEARD SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT, THEY HAVE N O SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE REPORT, WHICH THEY EXPECT TO SEE SOON, I F IT IS NOT JUST SPECULATION . TST 1-MUC3-002 4 BOGOTA, 8 DEC 89 (DPA) --[TEXT] THE CAR BOMB ATTACK ON 6 DECEMBE R WHICH DESTROYED THE BUILDING THAT HOUSES THE ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMEN T OF SECURITY (DAS, SECRET POLICE) HAD BEEN PLANNED SINCE LAST SEPTEMBER, ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL DISCLOSURES . A POLICE SPOKESPERSON CONFIRMED TODAY THAT THE BUS USED IN TH E TERRORIST ACTION WAS BOUGHT BY A MAN WHO IS A NATIVE OF MEDELLIN . H E USED FALSE DOCUMENTS TO BUY THE CAR FROM A SCHOOL PROPRIETOR IN BOGOTA . ACCORDING TO THE AUTHORITIES, THE BUYER, WHO IS A MEMBER OF TH E SINISTER MEDELLIN CARTEL, WAS INSTRUCTED BY TERRORISTS ABROAD T O EXPLODE 500 KG OF DYNAMITE GEL IN FRONT OF THE HEADQUARTERS OF TH E COUNTRY'S PRINCIPAL SECURITY ORGANIZATION . DAS DIRECTOR BRIGADIER GENERAL MIGUEL MAZA MARQUEZ SAID ON 7 DECEMBER THAT A MEMBER OF THE SEPARATIST ETA [BASQUE FATHERLAND AN D LIBERTY] GROUP DIRECTED THE OPERATION . MAZA MARQUEZ ALSO SAID THAT PABLO ESCOBAR GAVIRIA AND GONZAL O RODRIGUEZ GACHA, THE WORLD'S BIGGEST DRUG TRAFFICKERS, \"ARE BEHIN D THIS CRIMINAL ATTACK . \" \"THE MEDELLIN CARTEL PLANNED THE ATTACK SINCE SEPTEMBER, AFTE R ANOTHER CAR BOMB ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE MAZA MARQUEZ WAS FOILED LAS T MAY,\" THE POLICE SPOKESPERSON STATED . MEANWHILE, THREE PERSONS SUSPECTED OF PARTICIPATING IN THE ATTAC K WERE RELEASED ON 7 DECEMBER, AFTER BEING FOUND INNOCENT. TWO OTHE R PERSONS ARE BEING HELD BY THE POLICE AND ARE UNDERGOING INTENS E QUESTIONING . THE AUTHORITIES ALSO CONFIRMED THAT THE NUMBER OF VICTIMS IS 59 AND NOT 62, AS WAS REPORTED OFFICIALLY ON 7 DECEMBER .", "html": null }, "TABREF2": { "type_str": "table", "content": "
DATE AND A
TST1-MUC3-001 0
SAN SALVADOR, 19 MAR 89 (RADIO CADENA SONORA) --[COMMUNIQUE]
[FARABUNDO MARTI NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT GENERAL COMMAND] [TEXT ]
ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT COMMISSION :
TST 1-MUC3-000 8 BOGOTA, 14 SEP 89 (INRAVISION TELEVISION CADENA 2) --[TEXT] DIEG O BIAFARA, ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT OF SECURITY [DAS] AND DRU G ENFORCEMENT AGENCY INFORMANT, WHO APPEARED BEFORE A U .S . SENATE COMMITTEE ON 13 SEPTEMBER, REVEALED UNKNOWN LINKS BETWEEN THE ISRAEL I AND BRITISH MERCENARIES, WHO HAVE TRAINED PARAMILITARY GROUPS IN OU R COUNTRY. [BEGIN RECORDING] [D-6 TODAY, 9 D-7
", "num": null, "text": "FOR PRESIDENT VINICIO CEREZO TO RETURN TO THE COUNTRY. BIAFARA] THAT IS YAIR KLEIN IN FRONT . HE IS TH E COLONEL WEARING THE DARK BLUE SHIRT . THE THIN PERSON BEHIND HIM WEARING THE LIGHT BLUE SHIRT IS TEDDY, WHO WAS THE TRANSLATOR . THERE WERE FIVE ISRAELI INSTRUCTORS . I REMEMBER THE NAMES : SADAKA , AMANCIA, YAIR, AND TEDDY . I CANNOT REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE FIFT H ONE . THERE WERE 11 BRITISH INSTRUCTORS . WE USED TO CALL THAT ON E DAVID . THIS MAN WAS AN EXPERT IN EXPLOSIVES . HE INSTRUCTED US ON HO W TO USE EXPLOSIVES . [END RECORDING ] THESE WERE STATEMENTS MADE BY BIAFARA TO THE U .S . SENATE IN WHIC H WE LEARNED OF A CLEAR LINK BETWEEN THE ISRAELI MERCENARIES, WHO WER E TRAINING PARAMILITARY GROUPS IN THE MIDDLE MAGDALENA REGION, AND TH E BRITISH MERCENARIES WHO CAME TO THE COUNTRY ALLEGEDLY TO ASSASSINAT E PABLO ESCOBAR . BIAFARA KNEW BOTH GROUPS OF MERCENARIES . ACCORDING TO HIS STATEMENTS GIVEN TO DAS LAST MARCH, NOT ONLY DID ISRAELI MERCENARIE S TRAIN ASSASSINS IN MIDDLE MAGDALENA, THERE WAS ALSO A GROUP OF 1 1 BRITISH MERCENARIES, WHO GAVE LESSONS TO 50 STUDENTS . AMONG TH E INSTRUCTORS THERE WAS PETER MCLISE, THE NAME OF ONE OF THE LEADER S OF THE OPERATION AGAINST PABLO ESCOBAR, AND DAVID, WHO BIAFARA CLEARL Y IDENTIFIED . HE WAS DAVID TOMKINS, THE MAN IN CHARGE OF THE PLO T AGAINST ESCOBAR . ACCORDING TO BIAFARA, MOST BRITISH INSTRUCTORS HA D TATOOS ON THEIR BREASTS, ARMS, AND SHOULDERS, JUST AS WE CAN SEE O N THE VIDEO TAPED BY THE BRITISH MEN WHO PREPARED THE OPERATION AGAINS T ESCOBAR. IN CONCLUSION, THE MERCENARIES WHO WERE PREPARING TO ASSASSINAT E ONE OF THE MEDELLIN CARTEL LEADERS WERE THE SAME ONES WHO TRAINED TH E ASSASSINS PAID BY THE CARTEL ITSELF . MARCH, WE HAVE RECEIVED A MESSAGE SIGNED BY THE MEMBERS OF YOUR COMMISSION ASKING US TO BEGIN THE PEACE TALKS . WE HAVE ALREAD Y ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, EXPRESSING OUR WILLINGNES S TO HOLD A MEETING . THE GOVERNMENT COMMISSION'S LETTER MAKES NO MENTIO N OF ANY MOVE TO POSTPONE THE ELECTIONS . IT DOES NOT EVEN CONSIDE R INCLUDING THIS TOPIC ON THE MEETING'S AGENDA . ON THE CONTRARY, IT IS CLEAR THAT THE COMMISSION HAS ALREADY DECIDED TO HOLD THE ELECTIONS O N 19 MARCH . CONSEQUENTLY, THE FARABUNDO MARTI NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT [FMLN ] HEREBY INFORMS THE GOVERNMENT COMMISSION AND THE SALVADORAN PEOPLE O F THE FOLLOWING : 1. THE GOVERNMENT COMMISSION MUST CLEARLY AND PUBLICLY ANNOUNC E THAT IT IS WILLING TO REACH AN AGREEMENT ON CONFINING THE ARMY TO IT S BARRACKS ON THE DAY OF THE ELECTIONS, ESTABLISHING AN ELECTORAL COD E BY CONSENSUS, PROVIDING ABSENTEE VOTING FOR SALVADORANS LIVING ABROAD , RESTRUCTURING THE CENTRAL ELECTIONS COUNCIL, AND FORMING A COUNCIL FO R VERIFICATION . MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT MUST EXPRESS THE STATE POWERS' WILLINGNESS TO POSTPONE THE ELECTIONS FOR 5 MONTHS, ONCE A CEASE-FIRE HAS BEEN AGREE D UPON . WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE GOVERNMENT COMMISSION MUST PUBLICLY ANNOUNCE THAT IT IS WILLING TO BRING MILITARY COMMANDERS AND OFFICER S RESPONSIBLE FOR POLITICAL MURDERS AND CRIMES TO TRIAL, TO REDUCE TH E SALVADORAN ARMED FORCES TO THE NUMBER OF TROOPS IT HAD IN 1968, AND T O DISBAND THE SECURITY FORCES TO FORM A NEW CIVIL POLICE . WE REITERATE OUR WILLINGNESS TO DISCUSS PERMANENTLY CEASING THE ARMED STRUGGLE . 2. IF THE GOVERNMENT COMMISSION AGREES TO THE ABOVE REQUESTS, TH E FMLN WILL AGREE TO A MEETING AND IS WILLING TO IMMEDIATELY DECIDE ON A TIME FOR THE MEETING . THE FMLN IS EVEN WILLING TO HOLD THE MEETING OUTSIDE EL SALVADOR . AS A PART OF THIS MEETING, WE ARE WILLIN G", "html": null }, "TABREF3": { "type_str": "table", "content": "
TAKEN UP ARMS . \"
EL SALVADOR, 9 MARCH 198 9
FMLN GENERAL COMMAND
[SIGNED] COMMANDER SALVADOR SANCHEZ CEREN
COMMANDER FRANCISCO JOVE L
COMMANDER JORGE SHAFIK HANDA L
COMMANDER EDUARDO SANCH O
COMMANDER JOAQUIN VILLALOBO S
TST1-MUC3-001 4
LIMA, 29 MAR 89 (EFE) --[TEXT] THE TUPAC AMARU REVOLUTIONAR Y
MOVEMENT (MRTA), A PERUVIAN GUERRILLA ORGANIZATION, HAS SENT A LETTE R
TO PERUVIAN CARDINAL JUAN LANDAZUR :I, PROPOSING THAT A DIALOGUE BE HEL D
TO RESTORE PEACE TO PERU .
IN ITS LETTER, WHICH IS PARTIALLY PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S L A
TST1-MUC3-002 3 BOGOTA, 27 APR 90 (INRAVISION TELEVISION CADENA 1) --[SPEECH ] [COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT VIRGILIO BARCO] [TEXT] [CONTINUED] THE MEDIA CA N REPUBLICA, A D--8 MAKE A
", "num": null, "text": "19 MARCH, BECAUSE IT WILL SIMPLY BE USED BY BOTH THE CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY [PDC] AND THE NATIONALIS T REPUBLICAN ALLIANCE [ARENA] IN THEIR ELECTION DISPUTE . THE ELECTIONS PLAY NO ROLE IN ACHIEVING PEACE ; THEY ONLY SERVE TO PROVIDE A FALSE JUSTIFICATION FOR CONTINUING THE WAR . 4. WE AWAIT A RESPONSE FROM THE GOVERNMENT COMMISSION . LIMA NEWSPAPER, THE MRTA OUTLINES SEVERAL CONDITION S UNDER WHICH IT WILL HOLD A DIALOGUE WITH THE CATHOLIC CHURCH . THE MRTA LETTER IS DATED 26 MARCH, THE SAME DAY CARDINAL LANDAZUR I STATED OVER A LOCAL TELEVISION STATION THAT THE CHURCH WOULD B E WILLING TO MEDIATE WITH VIOLENCE-ORIENTED MOVEMENTS UNDER ACCEPTABL E CONDITIONS FOR DIALOGUE. THE CARDINAL ADDED THAT, BECAUSE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE IDEOLOGIES , THESE MOVEMENTS HAVE NOT ENGAGED IN ANY DIALOGUE WHATSOEVER . HE ALS O NOTED THAT APPEALS MADE BY THE CHURCH HAVE GONE UNHEEDED . ACCORDING TO LA REPUBLICA, THE MRTA LETTER SAYS THAT THE MRT A \"NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CAREFULLY LISTENED TO YOUR EASTER MESSAGE TO TH E CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IN WHICH YOU REFLECTED ON THE PROBLEM OF VIOLENC E IN THE COUNTRY, AND MADE AN APPEAL TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAV E THUS, THE LETTER ADDS, THE MRTA \"DEEMS IT IMPORTANT TO INFORM YO U OF OUR OPINION AND OUR PROPOSALS IN THIS REGARD . \" THE LETTER SAYS THAT THE CHURCH MUST PLAY A DECISIVE ROLE I N \"HUMANIZING THIS WAR,\" AND THAT MOST VICTIMS OF THIS WAR ARE \"UNARME D CIVILIANS . \" THE MRTA BELIEVES THAT IN ORDER TO HUMANIZE THIS CONFLICT THE GOVERNMENT AND THE ARMED FORCES MUST \"STOP COMMITTING CRIMES AGAINS T UNARMED CIVILIANS, PRISONERS MUST BE TREATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TH E VIENNA CONVENTION, TORTURE AND HUMAN RIGHTS' CRIMES MUST END, AN D PARAMILITARY GANGS MUST BE DISMANTLED . \" THE MRTA ASKS THE CHURCH TO DEMAND THAT THE PERUVIAN GOVERNMEN T CHANGE ITS ECONOMIC POLICY . THE MRTA SAYS : \"THE CHURCH MUST DEMAND THAT THE GOVERNMENT PUT A N END TO REPRESSION AND CRIMES AGAINST THE PEOPLE ; THAT HIGH MORAL STANDARDS BE OBSERVED IN ALL ASPECTS OF PERUVIAN POLITICAL LIE ; AND THAT STIFF PUNISHMENT BE GIVEN TO THOSE WHO COMMIT IMMORAL, CRIMINA L ACTS AGAINST THE PEOPLE . \" THE MRTA LETTER CONCLUDES BY STATING THAT ONLY THIS WAY WILL THE CHURCH TRULY \"CONTRIBUTE TO FINDING A SOLUTION TO THIS CONFRONTATION . \" MONSIGNOR RICARDO DURAND FLORES, PRESIDENT OF THE PERUVIA N EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE, TODAY SAID THAT THE CHURCH \"CANNOT REJECT AN Y PROPOSAL FROM VIOLENCE-ORIENTED ORGANIZATIONS . \" MSGR DURAND SAID THAT IF SUCH A PROPOSAL IS MADE THE EPISCOPA L CONFERENCE WILL IMMEDIATELY CALL A MEETING OF ITS STANDING COMMITTE E \"TO STUDY THE SITUATION . \" VICTOR POLAY, ONE OF THE MRTA'S LEADERS, IS CURRENTLY IN CUSTOD Y AND FACING TRIAL ON CHARGES OF TERRORISM . MORE THAN 13,000 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN PERU SINCE 1980, WHEN TH E MAOIST SHINING PATH ORGANIZATION STARTED ITS WAVE OF POLITICA L VIOLENCE, WHICH HAS ALSO CAUSED HEAVY MATERIAL DAMAGE . SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TOWARD PEACE AND DEMOCRACY IF, O N THEIR OWN INITIATIVE, THEY LAUNCH A GREAT CIVIC CAMPAIGN TO VIGOROUSL Y STIMULATE THE CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COMING ELECTIONS . FELLOW CITIZENS, I KNOW THAT YOU ARE ASKING YOURSELVES WHAT CAN B E DONE UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES . ABOVE ALL, DO NOT PLAY UP TO TERRORISM . THE INTERESTS OF THE FATHERLAND ARE ABOVE ALL INDIVIDUA L D-9 OR GROUP INTERESTS, AS IS THE DEFENSE OF OUR DEMOCRACY, WHICH WE HAV E ALL BEEN BUILDING TOGETHER FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY . THIS CANNOT B E THE TIME OF OPPORTUNISM . THIS IS THE HOUR OF SOLIDARITY WITH TH E COUNTRY, ITS PEOPLE, AND ITS INSTITUTIONS . THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THES E MEASURES AND THE ACTIONS OF THE PUBLIC FORCE DEPEND, FIRST OF ALL, O N THE SOLIDARITY OF THE CITIZENS . THE RESULTS WILL BE AS ENCOURAGIN G AND AS FAVORABLE AS THE COOPERATION OF THE CITIZENS . TO REGAIN TRANQUILITY IS NOT THE EXCLUSIVE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ARMED FORCES O R THE STATE. IT IS A TASK IN WHICH EACH OF US HAS SOMETHING T O CONTRIBUTE . COLOMBIA HAS SUCCESSFULLY OVERCOME EVEN MORE DIFFICULT MOMENTS . IT HAS FACED DECISIVELY AND EMERGED VICTORIOUSLY FROM EVEN MORE UNCERTAIN SITUATIONS . THAT PAST HAS CREATED SOLID INSTITUTIONS . FOR THIS REASON, I AM SURE THAT DEMOCRACY WILL TRIUMPH AND THAT THOSE WH O COMMIT VIOLENCE, REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY MAY BE, WILL BE PUNISHED . I AM SURE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS ALONG THE PATH OF PEACE , TOLERANCE, AND RESPECT FOR LIFE AND HUMAN DIGNITY . GOOD NIGHT . TST1-MUC3-002 5 BOGOTA, 22 SEP 89 (RADIO CADENA NACIONAL) --[TEXT] SECURIT Y MEASURES IN THE CAPITAL HAVE BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY BEEFED UP AFTER THE MILITARY AND POLICE FORCES DISCOVERED A TERRORIST PLAN AGAINST A STAT E INSTITUTION . GENERAL RAMON NIEBLES UZCATEGUI, COMMANDER OF THE 13TH BRIGADE , REPORTED THAT THE PLAN WAS DISCOVERED FOLLOWING INVESTIGATIONS I N SOUTHWESTERN BOGOTA, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY AT CARVAJAL DISTRICT, WHER E THE POLICE DISCOVERED A CAR WITH 100 KG OF GELIGNITE AT A RESIDENCE . THE CAR HAD A SLOW-BURNING FUSE AND MECHANISMS TO SET IT OFF . DURING THE SAME INVESTIGATION, THE AUTHORITIES FOUND A TOYOT A CAMPER WITH 15 KG OF DYNAMITE, A POWERFUL MOTORCYCLE, AND OTHER ITEM S TYPICAL OF TERRORIST ACTIVITIES .", "html": null } } } }