NCJ Number
63550
Date Published
1971
Length
246 pages
Annotation
AN UNOFFICIAL SPOKESMAN FOR THE TUPAMARO TERRORIST GROUP DESCRIBES THEIR OPERATIONS IN URUGUAY DURING THE LATE 1960'S AND THE EARLY 1970'S.
Abstract
IN 1971, THE TUPAMAROS WERE AT THE HEIGHT OF THEIR SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF URUGUAY. THEIR ACTIVITIES INCLUDED BOMBINGS, HIJACKINGS, BANK ROBBERIES, THEFTS OF WEAPONS AND EXPLOSIVES, AND THE KIDNAPPING OF PROMINENT PERSONALITIES FOR RANSOM, EITHER MONETARY OR POLITICAL. AMONG THE KIDNAPPINGS DESCRIBED ARE THOSE OF AN AMERICAN AGRONOMIST (EVENTUALLY RELEASED) AND AN AID OFFICIAL ACTING AS A CONSULTANT TO THE MONTEVIDEO POLICE, WHO WAS SUBSEQUENTLY MURDERED BY THE TUPAMAROS. THE HISTORICAL AND ECONOMIC ANTECEDENTS OF THE NATIONAL LIBERATION MOVEMENT ARE DETAILED ALONG WITH ITS ALLEGED PURPOSES, ITS THEORETICAL PREMISES, ITS TRAINING SYSTEM, AND ITS ORGANIZATION. DATES AND PLACES OF THE TUPAMAROS' VARIOUS ACTS OF GUERRILLA WARFARE ARE LISTED, TOGETHER WITH THE EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES WHICH THE URUGUAYAN GOVERNMENT USED TO TRY TO STAMP OUT THIS REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT WHICH THREATENED THE GOVERNMENT'S EXISTENCE. TRANSCRIPTS RECORD INTERVIEWS BETWEEN THE TUPAMAROS AND TWO OF THEIR HOSTAGES. --IN SPANISH. (LGR)