Word: somozas
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Dates: during 1934-1934
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...Guardia had moved up to first. Its commander. General Anastacio Somoza, had undermined President Juan Bautista Sacasa's prestige by the simple device of depositing a big arms shipment from the U. S. in his own warehouse instead of the Government's. By last week he had cornered most of the guns in Nicaragua and he needed them, for nearly everybody believed that it was he who had ordered the murder of Sandino...
...large part of the Department of Segovia for his men. His old friend Sacasa, elected President, promised him $1,000 a month to get his farms and mines started. Sandino, a great hater, still had one open enemy, General Moncada. And Moncada's nephew is General Anastacio Somoza. commander of 2,500 Guardia Nacional. Sandino had said: "There are now three powers in Nicaragua, Sacasa, the Guardia and myself." As the price for laying down his arms, he demanded that President Sacasa break the Guardia as well. Last week Moncada's men suggested that Sandino...