Sandinos

Sandino, in 1921, fled his village after shooting (but not killing) Dagoberto Rivas the son of an important Conservative in the village. Rivas had made disparaging comments about Sandino's mother. He ran to the W coast of Nicaragua and then on to Mexico where he worked for Standard Oil for the next four years. It was at this point that Sandino started to get involved with radical groups who influenced the way he thought and the path his life would take.