Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: He maha nga whakaurunga o te Tiaki Motu i San Francisco Gotera, Chalatenango, Cinquera, Zacatecoluca, Santa Rosa de Lima, me Suchitoto i whakaekehia i te ata o te Hanuere 12. I tiimata te 2nd Infantry Brigade ki te whakahoki mai i a Santa Ana i te wa i whakaarahia ai e te FMLN to raatau haki, e tohu ana i te hinganga o te taone ki o raatau ope, ana tata ki te 85% o te taone i hopukina i te mutunga o te ra. Ko te 2nd Infantry Brigade i whakamana i a Metapán me te aukati i a ia kia kore e tuku ki nga ope FMLN. I tukuna nga hoia mai i te Whare Whakaakoranga Whakaakoranga me te Rōia o te Rōia ki te tautoko i te 2nd Infantry Brigade. I tenei wa, i tiakina e te 3rd Infantry Brigade a San Francisco Gotera, te taone nui o Morazán, ana ko te Frontier Detachment 1 i tu ki El Paraíso, Chalatenango, i whakaekehia mai i nga whakaeke o te po mai i te FMLN. I te mutunga o te ra, ka mau te FMLN ka tiakina te Mendez Island tata ki El Triunfo i Usulután. I whakatinanahia te ope taua o Guatemala ki te rohe o Guatemala me El Salvador ki te aukati i nga hoia o te FMLN ki te uru ki te whenua, kei waenganui ano i a ia ano
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