General José Guillermo García was the Salvadoran defense minister who received a security proposal from [[Pyramid International Security Consultants]] in October 1982.[^1] García was linked by human rights organizations to death squad activities and the slaughter of hundreds of peasants at a village called El Mozote in December 1981. ### Pyramid International Proposal [[Ronald Lister]]'s company made a proposal to García entitled "Technical Proposal for an Urgent Project to Implement an Integral Security System for the Defence Ministry and the Major General of the Armed Forces of the Republic of [[El Salvador]]." The document, found by [[Los Angeles]] police in a 1986 drug raid, outlined $189,911 worth of services including bodyguard and armed escort services for Salvadoran public officials, protecting sensitive installations from sabotage and terrorism, and installing sophisticated electronic technology at key military and industrial installations.[^1] ### Footnotes [^1]: Gary Webb, *Dark Alliance*, Chapter 6: "They were doing their patriotic duty"