Word: gumucio
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...minutes to pass the word to the other hostages to get down and take cover. And they had a special request: try to open a heavy, metal-reinforced door leading to the balcony outside the master bedroom. The Peruvians whispered their warnings to the others, including Bolivian Ambassador Jorge Gumucio Granier. The news startled Gumucio, who instantly remembered that the guerrillas had practiced more than 20 times how they would react to a raid--by tossing grenades into the rooms the hostages occupied. Gumucio did not remember later how many minutes he waited for the attack to begin...
...prisoners alike. But it turned out much worse for the rebels, who had become dispirited and inattentive. "This will never end," one of them complained to a hostage the day before the rescue. "They were most ready for a raid after midnight or at 6 in the morning," says Gumucio. "They never expected something in broad daylight...
...smoke began to clear inside, the commandos organized a parade of hostages on their hands and knees--like a trail of ants, as one of them put it. They crept to the bedroom balcony and down an outside stairway to safety. "I kept my nose to the ground," says Gumucio, "but I knew at that moment that stopping us was the last thing the rebels could...