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...military junta has mounted a countrywide war against these archetypal Latin American guerrillas, whose goal is to take over the government. At least 9,000 Montoneros have been killed or detained by police. But an estimated 12,000 remain at large, and their leaders-Mario Firmenich, Fernando Vaca Narvaja, Horacio Mendizabál-have close contacts with the Palestinians. The Montonero slogan: FATHERLAND OR DEATH...
...town of Crystal City, Texas, is not a typical case-but it is an instructive one. For more than two weeks, the 8,000 citizens of Crystal City have been doing without natural gas. It was cut off after the town refused to pay its supplier, the Lo-Vaca Gathering Co., $800,000 in back bills...
When Crystal City refused to pay the higher rates, Lo-Vaca terminated its contract and filed suit for payment. During the 30 months that the case was being decided, the town continued to get gas without paying for it. Last June the court ordered it to pay up. Insisted Lo-Vaca Attorney Joseph Jaworski (son of Leon, of Watergate and now Koreagate fame): "It's time to stop this legal circus. Other customers of Lo-Vaca want to know why they should have to pay full price for gas and Crystal City doesn...
...point Mayor Benavides got the federal Community Services Administration to promise financial assistance, but the agency reneged after other hard-pressed Texas towns flooded it with similar requests for funds. Lo-Vaca has offered to consider turning the gas back on if Crystal City would make a 20% down payment on what it owes. But city officials claim they do not have that much in the treasury. Meanwhile, Crystal City does not burn...
Castillo and Cabeza de Vaca are currently campaigning throughout Mexico for a national student party. They argue that the demonstration of June 10 was a foolish waste of lives since President Echeverria had freed all student prisoners shortly before the protest, thus removing any reason to have the march in the first place. Generally they believe that Echeverria would like to create a more open democracy, but that powerful business interests connected with American firms will discourage the president from his good intentions unless a student party can push him the other...