00375 1980 03 25 1q -- -- DEl-'ARTMENT OF DEFENSE INT CHIEFS OF t MS • IIESSAGE CENTER -- _ · _ - -- · - 1 ·••r 2 VZCZCMLT760 0 ' ZYUW CONFIDE TI AL MJLT 21 61 ACTION OIAI OISTR IAOBC0i J5C02 J31NHCC NIDS SECDEFC07 SECOEFI USDPC15 ATSOIAE 01 ASOIPA E 01 IIDIA 20 NHIC CMC CC WASHINGTON DC CSAF WASHINGTON DC CNO WASHINGTON DC CSA WASHINGTON DC -CIA ASHINGTON DC SECSTATE WASHINGTON DC NSA WASH DC FILE -- - - 0-47 • TRANSIT 0851655 0851754 0001 PTOR0851752 DE RUESALA #2164 0851655 ZNY CCCCC 0251645211AR 80 FH USOAO SAN SALVADOR ES TO RUEKJCS DIA hASHDC JSI•-4B DC•1 CCF 0B•3E INFO RULPALJ USCINCSD QUARRY HTS PN SCJ2 RUESGT USDAO GUATEMALA CITY GT RUESTE USOAO TEGUCIGALPA HO · - UEHME USOAO MEXICO CITY MX RUESMG AHEHBASSY MANAGUA NU BT C O N F I D E 1 I A L SUBJI IR 6 82'9 0075 80 CU THIS IS AN INFO REPORT NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTEL 1 CU CTRY EL SALVADOR ES 2 c_u TITLEI ARCHBISHOP ROMERO ASSASSINATED 3• U DATE Of INFO 800324 4o U ORIG USDA V DOR ES • IMMEDIATI 6 CU SOURCE Aa LOCAL MEDIA RADIO STATION YSU • B EMB SY OFFICIAL 7o UHHARYI AT 1825L 24HAR80 THE ARCHBISHOP OF EL SALVADOR A RO ARNULFO ROMERO WAS ASSASSINATED AS HE WAS ABOUT TO DEPART THE CHAPEL OF THE DIVINE PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL IN NORTHERN SAN SALVADOR COLONIA OF HIRAHONTE ROMERO HAD JUST FINISHED SAYING A E0UIEM MASS IN HONOR Of THE DECEASED MOTHER OF JORGE PINTO PAGE 1 C O NF 1 E N T I AL 00101111 I -- cJ ·-- 1 1 UNCLASSIFIED t JI-1 I ··BEP-ARTMENT OF DEFENSE • oun CHlff'S Of ST Af f 11£SSACf CENT EB r#c PAGE C ONF NT I Al 2736t PUB ISHER OF LEFT WING NEWSPAPER EL NDEPENDIENTER• APPARENTLY OPEkATING UNDER GUISE Of PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER THE GUNHAN MANAGED TO GET WITHIN POIN1 BLANK RANGE Of THE ARCHBISHOP WHETHER FATAL ROUND kAS TRIGGERED BY CAHERA FLASH OR SIMPLY A WELL•COORDINATEO 2 HAN EFFORT IS NOT KNOWN ACCORDING TO SOURCE B FLASH ANO GUNSHOT PETORT WERE SIHULTANEOUS A SINGLE 22 CAL ROUND STRUCK THE ARCHBISHOP IN THE CHEST KILLING HIH INSTANTLY 8A U DETAILS NONE 8B ORIG CHTSI RETALIATION HAS BEEN QUICK 12 BOMBS EXPLODED SHO TLY AFTER 5 A H 25HAR 80 AT LEAST 1 OF THE 12 WAS EXPLODED•· IN UPPER CLASS RESIDENTIAL AREA OF COLONIA ESCALON AT OFFICE OF ITT ALL REMAINING OFFICIAL AMERICAN DEPENDENTS 21 IN TOTAL MERE EVACUATED VIA COHHERCIAL AIR TO GUATEMALA A H 25HAR80 PHASE I OF E E PLAN INITIATED OBSERVATIONS THIS AH ARE THAT CITY IS TENSE DOWNTOWN AREA DESERTED DURING NORMAL HORNING RUSH HOUR ALL SALVAnORAN MILITARY AND SECURITY FORCES HAVE BEEN PLAC O ON ULL ALERT IN ANTICIAPTION OF FURTHER REPERCUSSIONS TO ARCHBISHO S ASSASSINATiON SOURCE AT AFGS REPORTS NO INFO RECEIVED AS OF YET ON POSSIBiE DISTURBANCES IN COUNTRYSIDE IMPOSSIBLE TO PLACE BLANE FOR THIS ATTACK AS BOTH LEFT ANO RIGHT COULD OBTAIN GOALS RYING IT OTT EL SALVADOR NOW HAS IT'S CHAMORRO U APP BY GS WALKER CU REQ EVALI NO U NA 16 CU DIST BY ORIGINA EVW2-4MAR86 BT 216 1 AN NOTES CEV 117 PAGE 2 CONF f E NT I INNt • A L C'l t011 t 1 J I I 5175 Z UNCLASSIFIED