World : Rebel Organizer Slain in Honduras

A former armed forces chief who helped the Reagan Administration organize the Nicaraguan rebel forces in Honduras was ambushed and killed today, officials and witnesses said.

A hospital spokesman told reporters that Gen. Gustavo Alvarez Martinez, 56, died of gunshot wounds near his home in the capital’s Florencia district. Witnesses said six gunmen waited for Alvarez Martinez outside his home and poured machine-gun fire into his car. The driver was also killed and Alvarez Martinez’s son-in-law was wounded, police said. Radio America, a local station, said anonymous callers claimed responsibility on behalf of the Popular Liberation Forces.