''The History and Resurgence of Death Squads in Central America''

From Upside Down World

'1960s-1980s Death Squads Grew from Criminal Networks and US Security Advisors'

''The United Nations sponsored Truth Commission, published in 1999, reported on atrocities committed during Guatemala's 36 year civil war (1960-1996). US government documents declassified in the 1990s as a contribution to the Truth Commission demonstrate that in the mid-1960s a U.S. public safety advisor to Guatemala, John Longdon, pressed superiors over the need to set up covert operations centers, a safe house for coordination of security intelligence and the designation of a room in the National Palace, the starting point of the infamous "El Archivo" parallel intelligence center and nerve center for death squads.''

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