The World : Sabotage, Strike Leave Salvador in Dark
Most of El Salvador was without power because of widespread rebel sabotage and a strike by 3,500 electrical repair and maintenance workers who are demanding a $60-a-month pay increase, officials said. Five technicians trying to repair damaged power stations have been killed by mines planted by leftist rebels, utility officials said. Also, residents of San Salvador said parts of the capital were without water because electric pumps were not working. Gen. Abdul Gutierrez, president of the state-owned power company, said guerrillas from the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front had destroyed 24 electrical towers since Wednesday.
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