University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository NotiCen Latin America Digital Beat (LADB) 1-17-1992 El Salvador: Military Command Hierarchy Reshuffled Deborah Tyroler Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/noticen Recommended Citation Tyroler, Deborah. "El Salvador: Military Command Hierarchy Reshuffled." (1992). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/noticen/6938 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Latin America Digital Beat (LADB) at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in NotiCen by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. LADB Article Id: 063166 ISSN: 1089-1560 El Salvador: Military Command Hierarchy Reshuffled by Deborah Tyroler Category/Department: General Published: Friday, January 17, 1992 On Jan. 12, the armed forces press office (COPREFA) announced several military hierarchy transfers and reassignments. The COPREFA statement is summarized below. * Col. Francisco Elena Fuentes. Former commander of 1st Infantry Brigade, San Salvador department. New appointment: head of Salvadoran delegation to the Central American Armies Permanent Cooperation Confederation (Confederacion Permanente de Cooperacion de Ejercitos Centroamericanos-COPECODECA), headquartered in Guatemala. * Col. Jose Humberto Gomez. Former commander of 2nd Infantry Bridge, Santa Ana department. New appointment: commander, 1st Infantry Brigade. * Col. Carlos Rolando Herrarte. Former commander of 5th Infantry Brigade, San Vicente department. New appointment: commander, 2nd Infantry Brigade. * Col. Rene Arnoldo Najano. New appointment: commander, 5th Infantry Brigade. * Col. Ivan Reyanaldo Diaz. New appointment: commander of 3rd Infantry Brigade, San Miguel department. * Col. Ciro Lopez Roque. Former commander of 3rd Infantry Brigade. New appointment: National Police chief. * Col. Oscar Leon Linares. Former commander of 4th military division, San Francisco Gotera, Morazan department. New appointment: commander, 4th Infantry Brigade, Chalatenango department. * Col. Eduardo Angel Orellana. New appointment: commander, 4th military division. * Col. Orlando Carranza. New appointment: commander, 6th Infantry Brigade, Usulutan department. * Col. Julio Cesar Grijalva. Former commander of 6th Infantry Brigade. New appointment: military academy director. * Col. Nicolas Hernandez Quintanilla. Former commander, Atonal Battalion, Usulutan department. New appointment: commander, 2nd military division, Sensuntepeque. * Lt.Col. Jose Alejandro Monterrosa. New appointment: commander, Atonal Battalion. * Col. Juan Ernesto Mendez. Former commander of Belloso Battalion. New appointment: commander, 3rd military division. * Lt.Col. Angel Eliseo Ramos. New appointment: Belloso Batallion commander. * Col. Jose Domingo Flores. Former commander of 2nd military division. New appointment: commander, 5th military division, Cojutepeque, Cuscatlan department. * Col. Manuel Antonio Hermenegildo Rivas. New appointment: commander, 6th military division, Sonsonate department. (Basic data from ACAN- EFE, Agence France-Presse, Associated Press, 01/11/92) -- End -- ©2011 The University of New Mexico, Latin American & Iberian Institute. All rights reserved. Page 1 of 1.