Cause Of Sandino Assassination

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In 1927, the majority of the Nicaraguan government signed peace treaties-Sandino didn’t. He and 300 men continued to fight the US soldiers-who had occupied the country from 1912 to 1925 and then in 1926 to 1933. He had the support of the poor village people. They were the main cause Sandino was so successful in his cause. When the US soldiers finally left in1933, Sandino and his men stopped their fighting. Sandino was offered places in the government but he refused them in order to put his energies into helping the poor. The National Guard, which was set up by the Americans in 1927, was led by Anastasia Somoza Garcia, who had Sandino shot in cold blood in 1934. After its leader was killed, Sandino's group could not regroup, so in 1936 Anastasia