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Left Wing Terrorism in Chile (view source)
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==Terrorism in the 1980s==
==Terrorism in the 1980s==
On 15 July 1980, three guerrillas disguised as street workmen, stop the vehicle of Lieutenant Colonel [[Roger Vergara Campos]], director of the Army's Intelligence School in Chile, killing him and wounding in a hail of bullets his driver (Sergeant Mario Espinoza Navarro) with their AK 47 assault rifles, causing a woman who witnessed the terrorist attack to fall into a deep state of shock.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19800716&id=OwtWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7eEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3059,3998750&hl=en Chilean officer dies in ambush by 3 terrorists]</ref>
In operations carried out between June and November 1981, Chilean Army units destroy two MIR bases in the mountains of Neltume, capturing large ammunition caches and killing several guerrillas.
In operations carried out between June and November 1981, Chilean Army units destroy two MIR bases in the mountains of Neltume, capturing large ammunition caches and killing several guerrillas.