Word: moncayo
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...presidency. All three claim, as president, to have military enforcement at their disposal. Commanders of the army, air force, navy and national police were quick to stress their neutrality. "This situation is very serious. There must be a rapid solution. There cannot be a power vacuum," said Gen. Paco Moncayo, head of the army. In Ecuador, where economic hardship and bumbling politicians have left many citizens nostalgic for military rule, the immensely popular general might neatly fit such a vacancy. But Moncayo, calling for a "legal solution," insisted "the armed forces are not going to take power." Six months after...
...JOSE MONCAYO was called "cowboy" by other Marines because he talked so often about horses. Tall and husky, he was popular with Morenci's girls because of his quick humor. "My son had a feeling," recalls his mother. "He told me not to cry when they brought his body back...
...Draper, 19, was killed in an ambush while leading his squad on a road sweep. King, 21, died less than a week after reaching Viet Nam. Whitmer, 21, was killed on a patrol. West, 19, was shot near Quang Nam while serving with a landing team. Moncayo, 22, was part of an entire platoon wiped out by the enemy near Quang Tri. Garcia, 22, had volunteered to lead an unscheduled patrol in Quang Nam province when he was struck down by a booby trap...
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