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...started innocuously enough when Air Force General Frank Vargas Pazos, 51, chief of Ecuador's joint armed forces command, complained that he had not been informed of a practice alert at the Defense Ministry in Quito. The impetuous Vargas, who is nicknamed "Loco," quickly found himself in a quarrel with the Defense Minister, General Luis Piņeiros Rivera, and the army chief, General Manuel Maria Albuja. Shots were heard inside the ministry. Piņeiros promptly fired Vargas, who in turn charged Piņeiros with accepting a kickback in the purchase of a plane for the national airline. Vargas also alleged...
Febres Cordero responded by declaring a national state of emergency. Officials closed the Quito airport and ordered four local radio stations off the air. On Friday, elite government troops led by tanks stormed the air base. Air force troops loyal to Vargas were overwhelmed in a brief but fierce midday battle. The cost: four dead and nine wounded. Some 400 rebels were rounded up and confined to an army compound. "Loco" Vargas, his private rebellion quashed once and for all, was again taken into custody and imprisoned at an unnamed army base...
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...world's Roman Catholics reside. John Paul II visited Latin America 18 times and established a relationship with all its peoples. He understood the injustice and problems facing the region. He ignited profound love and devotion as well as a deep understanding among Latin American Catholics. Pablo Izurieta Quito It is impossible to judge the Pope's work in its entirety. From any perspective, the world lost a great person. As the saying goes: Let's not be sad because we lost him; let's be thankful because we had him. Riccardo Lampariello Rome You can read additional articles from...
According to Customs affidavits, Saeid Asefi Inanlou, an Iranian national based in London, would phone Agustin with a list of needed parts. Two of Agustin's accomplices, Philippine Immigrants Primitivo Cayabyab and Pedro Quito, would help pilfer the goods from Navy ships and warehouses where they worked. The Agustins then used fictitious shipping companies to transport the machinery to London. Agustin's brother Edgardo is said by the Customs Service to have managed the ring's East Coast operations. MILITARY Acquittal for a Spy Fund Manager...