Pedro Ortiz Sanint person
also: Suicide, Pedro Ortez Sinetro, Ortez
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National Guard (Nicaragua)organization · 3Sandinistasorganization · 2Anastasio Somozaperson · 2Rattlesnake Battalionorganization · 2Enrique Bermudezperson · 2Contrasorganization · 1Legion of September 15organization · 1Ricardo Lauperson · 1Nicaraguacountry · 1Christopher Dickeyperson · 1Eden Pastoraperson · 1
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Pedro Ortiz Sanint headed
Legion of September 15 documented
“In the early days of the anti-Sandinista 15th of September Legion, led by Pedro Ortez Sinetro, numbered fewer than a dozen men with shotguns and .22 caliber pistols. As a sergeant with the National Guard's Rattlesnake Battalion, Ortez took …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 44 (46) @ 1:31
Pedro Ortiz Sanint member_of
Rattlesnake Battalion documented
“In the early days of the anti-Sandinista 15th of September Legion, led by Pedro Ortez Sinetro, numbered fewer than a dozen men with shotguns and .22 caliber pistols. As a sergeant with the National Guard's Rattlesnake Battalion, Ortez took …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 44 (46) @ 1:31
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In the early days of the anti-Sandinista 15th of September Legion, led by Pedro Ortez Sinetro, numbered fewer than a dozen men with shotguns and .22 caliber pistols. As a sergeant with the National Guard's Rattlesnake Battalion, Ortez took …
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Suicide, I guess that was his name, his nickname, suicide. Suicide liked to recount how they slipped across the border to assassinate Nicaraguan officials. But in fact, his contra acquired a reputation of only robbing the peasants. In the 1…
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peasants in Nicaragua during the Somoza regime. These overall figures also obscure the leadership role of the Guard. Bermudez is the obvious example, but only the tip of the iceberg. When reporter Christopher Dickey visited FDN camps in the…
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rose to command 2,000 FDN troops while boasting to journalists about having murdered people during the Somoza government. Ricardo Lau, the chief spy, had been notorious for cruelty under Somoza while working in the National Guard. Lau becam…
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Again, no one held accountable. In the field, the Contra War continued. From Honduran base camp, the FDN mounted forays into Nicaragua with patrols of 80 troops and columns of a couple of hundred. Suicide became a top commander controlling …