Word: masaya
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Earlier, the guard, Nicaragua's army of 7500, recaptured the towns of Masaya, Leon, Chinandega and Penas Blancas, defeating guerrillas opposed to the authoritarian government of President Anastasio Somoza...
Government sources said troops, tired from five days of battling rebels in Masaya and other cities, were moving toward Leon, Cinadega and other major cities in Nicaragua's most populous northwest sector...
Government troops yesterday put down rebel resistance in fire-gutted Masaya and reopened the city where Red Cross workers burned scores of unidentified corpses to prevent disease...