The World - News from Jan. 31, 1986

Rebel saboteurs cost El Salvador’s national power system losses of more than $1.2 million in January, the government electrical monopoly said. The guerrillas promised more attacks--60 high-tension transmission towers and more than 100 power poles were destroyed this month. They also announced a traffic stoppage, to go into effect today, that could hamper the coffee harvest. The leftist guerrillas are putting increasing emphasis on striking at the Salvadoran economy in their war against the U.S.-supported government. Since 1980, they have carried out more than 3,500 attacks on the power grid.