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professor Pablo GĂłmez RamĂrez, the student (and Arturo's brother) Emilio Gámiz GarcĂa, the peasants
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repelled. It has been said that their quick defeat was due to a driver turning on his locomotive's lights by accident, lighting up the entrenched guerrillas and making them easy targets.
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