817.00/6251: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Nicaragua ( Eberhardt )
Washington
, April 9,
1929—6 p.m.
48. Your 93, April 8, 4 p.m. Were these arrests made by the Guardia and if so by whose orders? Was not the Guardia informed of the charges leading to the arrests? Please report in detail by telegraph such information as the Guardia can give you on each case. Where are the prisoners held? If they are in the penitentiary or police station it should be easy for you to ascertain from the Guardia whether Gabry Rivas and the other mentioned are still in jail, and if so whether they are being legally held. Please rush reply.
Stimson