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Manuel da Jesus JUAREZajor In the Guatemalan amy and was Involved Ln Uw Salome affair.
JUA&Z, with tho prcodso of reinforcements end vith the assistance of Surclo ESCOBAR and Floronolo Abigail KFJIA, took the plana andtho Governor, Abundio MAUKiNADO. Thay arced volunteers and held the plaea for eight hours, when tho government ordered troops detached fron the base of Alta Vc rapes, Cabecora Co ban, JUAREZ and his men were still hoping to confront thee with to prosdsed reinTorceuenta. The re-inforceoents, bowever, nevar arrived.
nd hiu conponionc retreated In an Arty Jeep, oecaplng ovor mountain roods, and managed thus to avoid an encounter with tho amy uhlch was now advancing to rocepturc the plaxa.
A strange thing then happened. Although the Mexican abbess/ uu guarded by soldlars and police, they gained access to and asylum ln the i'mbosey, uoro granted safe conduct (to Mexico) and, on arriving here, asked assistance of Colonel (Enrique)who, being aSola;nav '
Cne day while ln hi'-j house (apparently under strictoney order free: Guatenala but rofused to explain its origin or to divide it aoonf his iriendB In exilo. In view of his snrstorious attitude and hia lack of friendship. Colonel Aldus' oskoa hia to leav* his house.
Press reforte from Guateeola stated that iUkl'.-j. bad received an order fros. the Guatemalan irbacey in hVxico toetter aocuain, two deiutles of the independent noven^nt of having participated in theloina affair with his.. The letter was called the letter of "Actela" (in view of the fact that lt uao intended to invalidate their oloctlon*
JUAREZ left Mexicoea sport provided his by the Ehbossy and went to Honduras to join the forces thet Colonel Carlos Castillo Arms bsuJ cniarterod thorc.
an of humble origin, nerved as Guatemalan Minister in Germany during the regime of General Jorge uBICO. During the vai subjectod reputationortune by Bailing Guatomulnn passports to German Jews vno wished to escape Hitler's tyranny.
d1a2 took refuge in Coata Ricepolled tho ex-candidates of PAH, which orEanlsation aubjoct hod founded in In Costa Rica, DIAZ wrote articled about the fatal increase in Communist prestige in Guatemala.
Rnportc from Guatemala now indicate that subject hasew party in Guatemala and, according to frequent vial tors of tho American tinbaocy, subject is receiving the bnckinr, of the united States Anhoanador In Guatemala, John PflJ;(ir>I.
DIAZ la now Involved In recruiting meesbores party and it is reported that the first membership cards havt already been issued. The government, however, han begun to watch DIAZ's iiouse and to apprehend those persons wiio carry the cards of the new party.
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