Word: telesforo
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Ironically, though illegal trafficking in babies for adoption abroad is a major business in Guatemala, foreign involvement is said to be minimal. In fact, attorney general Telesforo Guerra Cahn alleges that 20 local gangs are engaged in buying or stealing children and that one of the biggest illegal- baby-trafficking lawyers is the current president of the Supreme Court, Juan Jose Rodil Peralta. "We've tried to prosecute him, but it's hopeless because he controls the court system and the judges," says Cahn. "He's also protected under parliamentary immunity...
...that "Marcos failed in becoming the only Filipino to win America's highest military award." Actually, three Filipinos have been awarded the Medal of Honor: Sergeant José Calugas, Battery B, 88th Field Artillery, Philippine Scouts, at Culis, Bataan, 1942; Fireman 2nd Class Telesforo Trinidad, U.S.N. on board U.S.S. San Diego, 1915; Private José B. Nisperos, 34th Company, Philippine Scouts, Lapurap, Basilan...
Glad to be back in Spain, the returnees were gladder still to be out of Russia. They painted a chilling picture of their years as prisoners, but insisted that the lot of the Russian peasant is but little better than that of the labor-camp inmate. Said Telesforo Moreno: "Communism? Communism is cabbage soup, hard work and every man for himself...
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