MANCHENO REVOLUTIONARY ATTEMPT OF 10 AUGUST 1950

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005600560008-5
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 6, 1999
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: August 23, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO~
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Leu.~ador DATE DISTR.. 23 August 1950
SUBJECT ;:ancheno :Zovolutionary Attempt of 10 August 1950 NO. OF PAGES 2
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:.mister :angel Diaz Grenades had complete advance knowledge of the revolutionary
attempt r. ,de by Col. Carlos ::?ancheno on 10 August 1950.*
2.0 On the Horning of 9 August 1950, it was learned that military garrisons in and
around uito had been alerted. At 4:30 p.m. on the sane day, Captain Rone Avila,
one of Diaz Granados' aides and a member of his small personal clique, stated
that many of the army garrisons throughout the country were ready to revolt and
that the leaders of the revolt were Col. :?Tancheno, Lt. Col. Bolivar Galvez and
retired Lt. Col. Aurelio Olarte. At 6 p.m. on 9 August, Diaz Granados called a
special meeting of all officers mown to be friendly toward him, advised them of
the gravity of the situation and requested that they be ready to take instant
action to suppress any attempted movement.
3. Diaz Granados also stated that on the afternoon of 9 August Julio Teodoro Salem,
head of the Liberal Farty, had given one Lt. Ceron of the Guardia Civil twenty
thousand sucres to be used for the revolutionary movement. Ceron delivered this
money to Diaz Granados, but it was decided that it should be passed on to the
revolutionaries in order not to betray Ceron to them. Diaz clairod that it 'aoi,id
be better for the movement to take place as scheduled since the government would
be able to overcome it with ease.
4. Diaz Granados further stated that the conspirators met to receive orders in the
home of Dr. Tobias Torres in (?uito and then proceeded to Villa, Flora opposite
the 'zriseal "ucre battalion headquarters. According to Dias Granados, the
rebels planned to fire a rocket from Villa Flora between 11 and 12 p.m. on
9 August as a signal for the mutiny of the troops of the I:ariscal Sucre battalion?
Coincident with this, civilians "arching from Villa Flora were to attack the
,headquarters and arm themselves with battalion hand weapons. Diaz Granados
stated that he had personally alerted the officers of the Azuay mechanized unit.
Diaz Granados considered at least 6C of the Azuay unit to be loyal,,
5. The following were taken prisoner upon attempting to capture the Guardia Civil
barracks, all being later released except Lt. Col.:'olina, who was held incor.1-at?-'
cado.
Lt. Col. Virgilio Jesus Iolina, a member of the Vanguardia Revolucionaria
Anibal 11olina, son of Lt. Col. t:olina and a former sergeant in
Azusy tank group
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Enrique Andrade Rodriguez, a linotypo operator for the Socialist
newspaper k T
Nicolas Cando, a former non-commissioned cavalry officer
Jose i,?aria Iioreno, an employee of the office of the nayor of Quito
Eloy Munoz, an employee of the office of the mayor of Quito
Antonio Arias
,Alejandro Pena Guevara, a former soldier
Luis do la Cadena, a day laborer and member of the PCE
Ernosto Villacis Troya
Pedro Penaherrera, owner of a Quito pension and a lesser PCE official
Carlos MMiorales Arcos, a former soldier
Juan M. Tapia
Arsenio Media Villa
Hugo Arrova, a day laborer and PCE member from Guayaquil
CommWnte Diaz Granados was also reported to be involved in the 15 July 1950
revolutionary plot of Guevara i?Ioreno. It is considered highly posoibge that he
became involved in both of these movements for the purpose of gaining knowledge
which ' ould enable him to puts them down when they occurred. He is a powerful
figure to the present government and is rumored to be making large sums of money
from graft. A revolutionary coup would therefore be of no advantage to him. It
is believed that Diaz Granados, although apparently conspiring against the Plaza
government, will support it as long as it is possible and to his financial ad-
vantage to do so.
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