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The Audacious Plot to Kill a Colonel

The Audacious Plot to Kill a Colonel

FromWitness History


The Audacious Plot to Kill a Colonel

FromWitness History

ratings:
Length:
10 minutes
Released:
Nov 28, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Colonel Domingo Monterrosa was one of El Salvador's most successful and ruthless military commanders in the fight against leftist rebels. But in October 1984 the rebels carried out an audacious plan to kill him. Mike Lanchin has spoken to one former rebel and a war correspondent about the man and the plot.(Photo: Colonel Domingo Monterrosa (R), speaking with one of his company commanders, 1983. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)
Released:
Nov 28, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

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