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The
following extracts are taken from the statement
of Jesus Vasquez, forwarded to these
headquarters by Lieut. Hanneken:
"That Santos Vasquez, bandit jefe under Pedron,
is his cousin; Nicolas Davila is Jefe Spy and
provision provider for bandits in this area; and
that Davila moves about from one finca to
another, obtains all information and organizes
the provision supply when Pedron is in this
area; that Pedron often passes by house of
Santos Vasquez to Sixto Gutierrez's house at La
Pita to see his (Vasquez) house, to house of
Basilio Contreras, to fincas of Guillermo Rivera
and Florencio Cornejo. That Pedron was camped
for about a week at Guillermo Rivera's finca (on
the southwest side of Chachagon Mts.) Note: All
the above places with the exception of Santos
Vasquez have been destroyed by our patrols.
"That Felipe Machado of Matagalpa and Jinotega
turned over to one Juan Rial at Real's finca
near La Virgen about one year ago, twelve rifles
(Springfields) with a box containing about 1000
rounds of ammunition with instructions that Rial
would be the Jefe in the La Virgen area and that
the rifles and ammunition were to be held by him
for a contemplated revolution of Chamorro's. On
or about Feb. 1st, 1929, Juan Rial together with
Ermenecillo Rial, Epifiano Hernandez, and Felix
Hernandez and Jesus Vasquez took these rifles
and ammunition and turned them over to Pedron
Altamirano. (This information about Machado
giving these rifles to Juan Rial is common
knowledge amongst natives as Eulalio Flores,
Manuel Matute and Jefe Politico [Rigoberto
Reyes] all knew about it.) ...
IR29.05.13: 4. RG127/209/1
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