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actuallyittleonth, untilercenaries were still at large. Thatad contact with the great majority of them. By theas amazed the day the mercenary, Pedro de Armas, testified. He was our third prisoner at the Australia Sugar Mill. When he arrived we asked him, without pressuring him, whether he wanted totatement, and he said yes. We called afor him; the stenographer cameittle while, but his hand was already tired, We decided to give thead and pencil so he could write. Now he comes herewas in an empty room, no one pressuredcomes here and denies it-relation to theust add that onh,0 in the6 flew over theill, and bombed and strafed it. As It flewecond time, our anti-aircraft artillery hit it and shot it down. The planeorced landingleared cane field and we immediatelyatrol to sec what happened thereTWe reached it, andlSbTfie" farmers told us that two men had jumped from thed escaped. We found" the body of oneem UicrTTOcrc_wj_rj_threc of themqnp whny body was charred, _and two that jumped out, We immediately went aftertnem. We found them In an orange groveilometers from the place where the plane crashed.
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