Nationalist Democratic Organization
| Organización Democrática Nacionalista | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1965 |
| Dissolved | 1979 |
| Jurisdiction | El Salvador |
| Headquarters | San Salvador, El Salvador |
| Director responsible |
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| Parent agency | National Security Agency of El Salvador |
The Nationalist Democratic Organization (Spanish: Organización Democrática Nacionalista, abbreviated ORDEN) was a Salvadoran paramilitary organization founded under the military rule of Julio Adalberto Rivera, headed by José Alberto Medrano. ORDEN helped control the 1972 elections, in which reform-minded José Napoleón Duarte lost to Arturo Armando Molina (of Rivera's party, the National Conciliation Party (PCN)) due to fraud.