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Jose Napoleon Duarte, Salvadoran Leader In Decade of War and Anguish, Dies at 64
LEAD: Jose Napoleon Duarte, the former President of El Salvador who oversaw a shaky experiment in centrist civilian government after nearly a century of military rule, died yesterday at his home in San Salvador, his doctor said. He was 64 years old and had been diagnosed in May 1988 as having advanced liver cancer.
DUARTE VOWS TO CRUSH DEATH SQUADS
Jose Napoleon Duarte, the Christian Democrats' candidate for President of El Salavdor, said today that if elected he would set up a special commission to investigate slayings by the death squads. The candidate, speaking in an interview at his guarded home, said that his priority as President would be to rid the country of ''cultural violence,'' abuses of authority and death squads, including those believed to involve members of the military ''We cannot achieve peace,'' Mr. Duarte said, ' ...
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