Fausto Bucheli and Dennis McDonald return from kidnapping in El Salvador
- 1979
Beckman Instruments had a subsidiary company and manufacturing plant called Aplar in El Salvador. In 1979 the country was on the brink of a civil war that would ultimately span three decades. On September 21, 1979, the manager of the Aplar plant, Dennis McDonald, and a Beckman Instruments engineer, Fausto Bucheli, were kidnapped by members of the guerrilla movement and held for ransom. The terms of their release were the payment of a ransom as well as publication of a manifesto in various newspapers worldwide. Beckman Instruments paid the random and published the manifesto, leading to the release of the hostages after forty-five days of captivity.
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“Fausto Bucheli and Dennis McDonald Return from Kidnapping in El Salvador,” 1979. Beckman Historical Collection, Box 55, Folder 20. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/0r967376f.
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