The World - News from April 24, 1988
Leftist guerrillas in El Salvador battling the U.S.-backed government said they will prevent newly elected mayors from taking office and cited their recent assassination of one mayor. A message broadcast by the rebels’ Radio Venceremos began with “a call to all mayors” and said: “The FMLN (Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front) will not permit you to exercise your functions.” The radio referred to the April 15 slaying by guerrillas of Pedro Ventura, rightist mayor-elect of the eastern town of San Isidro.
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