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On the recordApril 20, 1931
Our advices are that the Nicaraguan Government has now placed in the field a total of over 1,300 men of the newly created National Guard in a drive to clean up [Augusto Cesar] Sandino and his fellow bandits.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Statement on Nicaraguan Bandit Activity.

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