McGaffin El Salvador Report

Don McGaffin reports from the jungles of El Salvator traveling with guerilla fighters.

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[aguila0955]

muy informativo,gracias por compartir estas memorias de un pueblo valiente.

[soyneutral1973]

Taranau : do u have any information or any video clips from USULUTAN a place name puertas chachas inbound to la barca 1982 september 20 a round by the puente cuzcatlan, and i see you information a bout some real staff shutt cool and c.i.a thenm how come all this ???

[soyneutral1973]

0oh ok same facts as the soldiers were killing civilians, my thing its why guerillas hide their on kills ???? i were 8 when that happen i where not playing not been a guerilla or a soldier, my frinds and uncle were kidnap by the guerrilas and kill so i dont see complain a bout soldiers or civilians saying yeah the guerillas kill my fam why we people were afraid of both partys, we tell or say shyttt, so either way since the day i didnt trusth on no army and no guerillas both have the same images

[teloprezto8]

simplente fue una resistencia por la sobrevivencia, ya ni tenia que comer la gente, y el que se revelava era comunista, en todo caso comunista era la opcion...comer ,,,igualdad. humanidad, pero estaba en contra de Reagan,y su mara y el monomopolio o la oligarquia agroexportadora... esto "perse" afectaba los intereses economicos de los antes mencionados...Y asi sobrevivio la Derecha recalcitrante y ortodoxa que hoy mueren perdiendo elecciones, pues el pueblo ya no es tan ignorante como ayer.

[ceciruano6]

thank you for discussing this important matter and personal accout of your experience in El Salvador and Nicaragua. How did it affect you mentally?And, upon your return to the US. Did you receive free medical attention for life plus retirement benefits? Have you found internal peace?

[guianto69]

I am starting to understand, but what is the relation between the weapons you had to sell and the women and children?

Who were the customers?

[Taranau]

not "friendly fire"---allies accidently attacking us.We didn't need to be told that,we allready knew.What we didn't now was;who was attacking us.We still don't know.We may never know...We were sure it had to do with us not thinking of women,children,priests and nuns as enemies.And standing up for them from time to time.Me and the men I worked with,strived to protect,defend and assist,to the utmost of our ability,the poor,the oppressed,the women and the children.And I think it cost us.Dearly.

[Taranau]

(4)February 25,1981;eighteen of us were sent to deliver a shipment of arms to Contras.When we got to the meeting place,there was nobody there.When we decided to leave,the ambush began.Five men were injured right away,and we began a retreat.During the retreat,those five men and eight others were killed.Only five of us got away.None of us were uninjured.Only our Captain was not given a Medical Discharge.He served in the First Gulf War and retired with honor.We were told what happened to us was---

[Taranau]

So(3)it was these groups who were "command".The people in charge.We were in the U.S.Army.But,we were made to look like European and African mercenaries.That's because it's an act of Treason for employees of the American government to sell arms to non-Americans.We were supposed to be helping the Guardia Nacionale of El Salvador and the Contras.But,we didn't think they needed our help.They seemed to be terrorizing the countryside,just fine,all on their own.We all wanted to go back to Afghanistan.

[Taranau]

We were also told that Catholic priests and nuns were working for the Communists,and that none of them could be trusted.We were transfered to El Salvador,no more than a month and a half after the assassination of ArchBishop Romero.None of us believed priests and nuns would be Communists,as Communism is anti-religion(other than itself)and all we saw them doing was helping the poor survive.The CIA,U.S.Marines and U.S.Army were those initiating us in Central American politics.