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El Salvador Battles Persist as U.S. Weighs Aid Return
Heavy fighting continued across El Salvador amid President Duarte's claim of a failed final offensive. The death toll topped 500 in three days as the junta acknowledged gains in San Francisco Gotera, while guerrillas reportedly held the city. The United States planned to rush aid, helicopters, equipment, and advisers to the junta. A South African cameraman died from a land mine blast near San Salvador, with two American photographers injured but returning home.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Jose Duarte
U.S
Washington
San Francisco Gotera
Morazan
National Guard
Democratic Revolutionary Front
Zacatecolucas
Ian Mates
John Hoagland
San Diego
Susan Meiseles
New York
United States