EL SALVADOR: EL CEMFA MILITARY TRAINING CENTRE

Record ID: 496294

  • Title: EL SALVADOR: EL CEMFA MILITARY TRAINING CENTRE
  • Date: 3rd March 1987
  • Summary: 1. EXT El CEMFA Training Centre GV. 0.06 2. SV Officer instructing troops inside centre. 0.10 3. SV Officer inspecting troops. 0.20 4. Troops on parade GV. 0.24 5. Colonel Rivas of El CAMFA (SPANISH S.O.T.). 0.43 6. SV Troops studying map EXT. 0.48 7. CU Map. 0.55 8. Troops applying jungle camouflage. 1.00 9. Troops training in jungle (2 shots) 1.12 10. LS Training area on gulf of Fonseca. 1.18 11. GV Motor patrol boat at sea. 1.23 12. Machine gunner on boat. (2 shots) 1.32 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 18th March 1987 12:00
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  • Location: EL SALVADOR, LA UNION
  • Country: El Salvador
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVAAG0KBX6NVXFEAQ9EOVTX7ZI7W
  • Story Text: EL SALVADOR, LA UNION

    El Cemfa (Centro De Entrenameinto Militar De La Fuerza Armada) is perhaps the top military training facility in El Salvador. Soldiers from throughout the country are sent to El CEMFA to receive professional, technical and military training. The commander in charge of El CEMFA is Colonel Carlos Rivas. The base is located about one kilometre (less than half a mile) from the gulf of Fonseca in La Union where Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador meet. Because the flow of arms to the Salvadoran rebels is believed to come through the area, the Salvadoran military has increased its patrols on the ground and at sea. In particular, the Salvadoran marines have increased their presence in the gulf in an attempt to stop the flow of arms.

    <strong>Source: REUTERS - MAITE GALEANO</strong>
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