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Word: caballeros (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...flotilla of heavily armed vehicles. The armor for many of the vulnerable VIPs is provided by Protection Argentina y Seguridad, a company that started out building armored trucks for banks. "We can make a car like James Bond's, with all his devices in it," claims Miguel Angel Caballero, the company's director. "The only thing we haven't managed yet is to make one that will fly." For about $7,000, P.A.Y.S. will transform any regular production-model Argentine car into a rolling fortress, with sufficient armor to withstand small-arms fire and yet maneuverable enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Rent-an-Army | 11/24/1975 | See Source »

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