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Rebellion of the Pilots was devised and executed by Lieutenant Colonels Manuel Durán Guzmán, ideologue of the plot, Raymundo Polanco Alegría, commander of the Ramfis Hunting Squadron, and Nelton González Pomares. It was led by General Pedro Rodríguez Echavarria, at that time commander of the
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were bombed, as well as other military installations that remained loyal to
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The timely rebellion marked the end of one of the bloodiest dictatorships of the twentieth century and the beginning of democracy in the
Dominican Republic, preventing the elimination of the political class that opposed the Trujillo regime.
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seminary in Santo Cerro as a young man, then ventured into a military career in 1945. He was the ideological leader and originator of the conspiracy. His plan was to carry it out in the months following
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Hunting and Bombing Group. After the uprising, he was appointed as a military attache to
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334:"El Complot de los Pilotos- 19 de Noviembre 1961"
332:Hibrain Sosa, Naya Despradel (8 December 2012).
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313:Lajara Sola, Homero Luis (19 November 2016).
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