- Title: URUGUAY: MEMBERS OF TUPAMAROS ACTIVIST GROUP ARRESTED IN SALGADO.
- Date: 15th October 1968
- Summary: AMBULANCE CONTAINING ARRESTED MEN AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS; PHOTOGRAPH OF MEN; BURNT-OUT FARMHOUSE ABANDONED VEHICLES; INVESTIGATORS ON SCENE; LITERATURE, AMMUNITION ETC.; OLD CARS. Initials DHC/VS/JH/PF. Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 30th October 1968 13:00
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- Location: SALGADO, URUGUAY
- Country: Uruguay
- Reuters ID: LVA2W0QAR0MDRN0HX9Q2EGA5A6TN
- Story Text: URUGUAYAN POLICE HAVE ARRESTED SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE ILLEGAL LEFT-WING TUPAMAROS ORGANISATION, FOLLOWING A FARMHOUSE FIRE IN WHICH CARS, AMMUNITION AND SUPPLIES BELONGING TO THE ORGANISATION'S LEADERS WERE FOUND. THE TUPAMAROS SUPPORTERS HAD THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN A SMALL FARMHOUSE IN SALGADO.
THE ORGANISATION'S HIDE-OUT WAS DISCOVERED WHEN FIRE BURNT DOWN THE FARMHOUSE. POLICE WERE ABLE TO ARREST THE MEN CONCERNED, AND FOUND AT THE SCENE ABANDONED TRUCKS AND CARS, MARXIST LITERATURE AND USED AMMUNITION. POLICE ALSO CLAIMED TO HAVE FOUND THE CASINGS FOR PLASTIC BOMBS AND MONEY STOLEN BY MEMBERS OF THE ORGANISATION.
INVESTIGATORS IN THE CASE WERE DR. DIAZ ROMEAU AND DEPUTY ALEJANDRO OTERO. THEY FOUND AN AGEING FORD CAR WHICH, ACCORDING TO LOCAL RESIDENTS, WAS OFTEN USED BY MEMBERS OF THE ORGANISATION WHEN THEY TRAVELLED BEYOND THE FARMHOUSE.
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