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27.12.11. Keimling, Contact
with Bandits, Pataste Ranch south of
Somoto
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MARINE AND GUARDIA DETACHMENT
PATASTE, NICARAGUA.
11 December 1927
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The Commanding Officer. |
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The Division Commander |
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Contact with Bandits |
1. At 0450 on 10 December,
1927, undersigned with 10 guardias
cleared MAL PASO, to patrol the
frontier. Near ESPINO received
information of bandit activity in the
direction of CORRAL FALSO. Undersigned
with 2 guardias proceeded to locate
bandit's hangout when near CORRAL FALSO.
Crept upon outlaws' camp unnoticed as
bandits were busy eating. Noticed 20
armed bandits near 3 shacks. They had no
sentry out. Sent F. Blanco to get rest
of patrol and deploy them for the
attack. Luis Huerta, GN, sneaked up to
one of the shacks and threw a hand
grenade in same, killing two bandits and
seriously wounding three. Rest of the
patrol attacked, killing four more and
wounding a number who escaped thru the
dense underbrush. Bandits camp was of
recent construction. Destroyed the three
shacks containing three old remingtons
and some Mauser ammunition. Captured one
horse, saddle and five machettes. No
casualties among guardias.
127/212/1
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Summary & Notes:
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Lt. Keimling relentlessly pursuing armed
gangs in borderlands around El Espino.
A totally different dynamic than the
Marine-Guardias' unfolding offensive in the
direction of El Chipote.
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Old Remingtons & Mauser ammunition suggest
this a Conservative gang.
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On how hundreds of Remington and Mauser
rifles supplied to the Chamorro regime in
1921 ended up in the hands of leading
Conservatives in the Western Segovias, see
my "The
Vexatious Frontier Question," pp. 18-19,
and for the original documents,
The Segovian Borderlands, 1919-1926, August
1921.
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