Guillermo Rodríguez Lara (born November 4 1924) known as Bombita is a former military dictator of Ecuador from February 15 1972 to January 11 1976. He took courses in C&R&Bn Staff Irregular Warfare Orientation and Maintenance Management at the School of the Americas in Panama. As commander of the army he led a military coup d’etat executed by a navy commander named Jorge Queirolo G. and forced president José María Velasco into exile to Buenos Aires Argentina.
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1976-01-11
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1972-02-15
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Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation
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