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...night two weeks ago, police laid a roadside ambush for two longtime Lechin lieutenants, Federico Escobar and Irineo Pimentel, who were wanted on a series of charges ranging from embezzlement to manslaughter. After a blazing gunfight, the two union men were dragged off to jail. When word of the arrests reached the mines, raging workers surged through the streets, tossing sticks of dynamite into...
...standing on a barren mountain. He found the men held in two rooms decorated with bright pictures of Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union. They were treated well enough, they said, but their dynamite-laden female wardens were getting extremely nervous. Both the mother and wife of arrested Union Leader Pimentel were among the guards. Reported Scott: "The women are surly, well armed, impulsive and dangerous. Even if the men wanted to relent and give up the hostages, it would be difficult without the safe return of Escobar and Pimentel. The authority, such as it is, lies in the primitive breasts...
Luckier than all the prospectors were the traders who grubstaked them. Isaac Alcolumbre, a 4O-year-old Macapa merchant, collected 66 Ibs. of gold, worth $54,000, on loans totaling $15,000. Young Florisberto Pimentel resigned his job as a government health officer, invested his $600 savings in medicines and sold them for $3,000. "One more trip and I can set up my own drugstore," he said...
...afternoon of the Tribuna attack, hooligans tore down the Soviet Embassy's shield. Moscow translated the incident into a "stoning" of the embassy, put Brazilian Ambassador Mario de Pimentel Brandão and his entourage of nine under hotel arrest. Only when the Rio Soviet Embassy staff of 32 were safely off for Montevideo would Pimentel & friends get exit visas...
...Chavante village, Dr. Genesio Pimentel Barbosa, head of the commission, called a parley. The Indians silently listened to his offers, brought fruit for the white...