2 Rebel Leaders Killed, Honduran Army Says
Associated Press
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras —
Soldiers and police raided the hideout of a small leftist rebel organization in northern Honduras and killed two of the group’s leaders in a gun battle, the army announced.
An army communique identified the slain guerrillas as Jose Nolasco, 30, and Hilda Rosa Lopez Cerrato, 20, leaders of the Popular Revolutionary Forces. It said the raid occurred Friday in San Pedro Sula.
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