817.00 Bandit Activities, 1931/310: Telegram
The Chargé in Nicaragua (Beaulac) to the Secretary of State
[Received 4:21 p.m.]
211. Patrol of 10 Guardia and 53 auxiliaries encountered 80 bandits at El Cuadro near Las Zapatas some 25 kilometres north of León on November 29. One auxiliary and one civilian guide wounded. Later information indicated that bandits had several killed and several wounded. Bandits counterattacked before retiring and recovered bodies of 3 men. On November 30 bandits estimated at 180, captured and looted town of Rota on the railroad between León and El Sauce and tore up part of railroad.