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October 11, 2010

SOA Graduate Implicated in Attempted Coup in Ecuador
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In news from Ecuador, one of the three police commanders who has been
charged in the recent unsuccessful coup attempt against President Rafael
Correa has been identified as a graduate of the School of the Americas
in Ft. Benning, Georgia. According to SOA Watch, Colonel Manuel
Rivadeneira Tello was a graduate of the SOA’s combat arms training
course. Rivadeneira was the commander of the barracks where President
Correa was attacked by protesting police.



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