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...public criticism. Rivals within the Mexican foreign service, notably Francisco Castillo Najera, Ambassador to the U.S., had long been gunning for 6-ft., spruce Ezequiel, sometimes called "the black Narcissus" because of his darkish skin and elegant attire. Other political opponents may have undermined him with President Avila Camacho, hoping to head him off as a candidate in next year's presidential election...
President Avila Camacho announced last week that he was about to reorganize the Mexican Army. The plan would involve retiring some 500 generals...
...week's end, the philosophical Foreign Minister took a dozen other foreign ministers to the Hipódromo de las Américas, Mexico's horse track backed by U.S. expatriate "Sell 'em" Ben Smith and President Manuel Avila Camacho's late brother, Maximino Avila Camacho. Result: Host Padilla, Colombia's Foreign Minister Alberto Lleras Camargo, Venezuela's Carraciolo Parra-Perez each lost 50 pesos on a long shot. Nicaragua's Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa won 500 pesos ($103) on two races...
Died. Maximino Avila Camacho, 52, Mexican Secretary of Communications and strident, notorious elder brother of Mexico's pious President; of a heart attack; in Puebla, Mexico. The death of the aggressively ambitious onetime cowhand, bullfighter and revolutionary left few sincere mourners among his countrymen...
Said Stanza II: For a year El Gitano's gang, beloved by the local peasantry, eluded all searching parties. Finally, Mexico's President Manuel Avila Camacho sent a general to Sinaloa. The general carried the President's promise: if El Gitano would surrender, he would not be shot. Flattered, El Gitano agreed...