817.00/5140: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Honduras (Summerlin)
32. The Commander of the Special Service Squadron in reporting an engagement between a force of marines and constabulary and a group of bandits commanded by a Honduran Medrado Vallegos states that the headquarters of this band are said to be in Santa Rita, Honduras, on a farm owned by Felix Pedro Pinell who protects and arms the bandits who make their raids from Santa Rita into Nicaragua. Pinell is said to be the Jefe Politico of Choluteca.
Please convey the above information informally to President Paz for such action as he may care to take.