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Quintero and in the company of the governor of the province of Panama, Rodolfo Estripeaut. After 44 hours of crossing, General Quintero and his men arrived at Rabo de Puerco (today Puerto Armuelles). Quintero established his operations center there and ordered the departure of
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also appeared along the two countries' Atlantic coastline. The United States demanded that both countries cease hostilities and withdraw belligerent forces. With no other options, the leaders of both countries announced a cessation of hostilities and ordered their respective armies to abandon the
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was approaching with Costa Rican troops who were cheering their country and president Julio Acosta, confident that the detachment of Zúñiga Mora would receive them. At the sound of a bugle, the
Panamanians opened fire with their rifles. Within a couple of minutes the motorboat ran aground and its
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secretly kept 50 rifles in the Presidency building with their respective ammunition, so with this arsenal and other weapons, President Porras ordered the general mobilisation for undeclared war. The president appointed General
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