The National Security Agency of El Salvador (Agencia Nacional de Seguridad Salvadoreña, abbreviated as ANSESAL) was the national intelligence agency of El Salvador during the military regime and the civil war. The organization was known for using paramilitaries and death squads to carry out its activities.[1]
| Agencia Nacional de Seguridad Salvadoreña | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1962 or 1965 |
| Dissolved | 1979 |
| Jurisdiction |  El Salvador |
| Headquarters | San Salvador, El Salvador |
| Director responsible |
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| Deputy Director responsible |
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| Child agency | |
History
editThe National Security Agency of El Salvador was established by President Julio Adalberto Rivera in 1962 or 1965 and was originally named the National Intelligence Service (SNI).[2][3] Its original purpose was to oversee the operations of the National Democratic Organization, a group of paramilitaries and death squads used to combat political and militant opposition to the government.[4] The organization maintained detailed files of information of thousands of Salvadorans, with some of the files being created by the United States' CIA[2] The organization was headed by General José Alberto Medrano and later Colonel Roberto Eulaio Santivanez.[1][2][5] It was dissolved in 1979, after the Salvadoran coup d'état that same year, and succeeded by the National Intelligence Agency (ANI).[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Allan Nairn (1984). "Behind the Death Squads: An exclusive report on the US role in El Salvador's official terror". History is a Weapon.
- ^ a b c John W. Lamperti. Enrique Alvarez Cordova: Life of a Salvadoran Revolutionary and Gentleman. pp. 93–94.
- ^ a b "Salvador death squads, a CIA connection?". Christian Science Monitor. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ Stanley, William. The Protection Racket State Elite Politics, Military Extortion, and Civil War in El Salvador (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1996)
- ^ "Salvadoran Ties High Officials to Death Squads". Los Angeles Times. 21 March 1985.
