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Eddie Gomez
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The Salvadoran military men who received the training returned from the United States to… El Salvador with expertise in "draining the water" and other counterinsurgency techniques… As former Guatemalan president and SOA graduate José Efraín Ríos Montt put it,
"The guerrilla is the fish.The people are the sea. If you cannot catch the fish, you have to drain the sea."
The Sumpul River communities were the water.
— Apr 27, 2026 02:15PM
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"The guerrilla is the fish.The people are the sea. If you cannot catch the fish, you have to drain the sea."
The Sumpul River communities were the water.
Eddie Gomez
is on page 153 of 325
Vietnam-veteran trainers from the School of the Americas
(SOA), Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, and other military facilities had taught the Salvadoran military in the US. Other trainers were deployed to El Salvador by the Carter administration. Reagan significantly expanded this US military presence.
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(SOA), Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, and other military facilities had taught the Salvadoran military in the US. Other trainers were deployed to El Salvador by the Carter administration. Reagan significantly expanded this US military presence.
