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271:. For unknown reasons, he defected from Campero's army on the night of December 9. In disobedience to General Arguedas’ orders, Terrazas joined General Flores’ division. Given a battalion with 200 cavalrymen, Terrazas was sent on a scouting mission in preparation for the
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Melgarejo. He headed to Tarata, where he enlisted a few hundred men to assault the barracks at Cochabamba. Successful, the rebels took the city and marched toward La Paz. By January 1871, Melgarejo was forced to flee the country.
218:. Despite his continued loyalty for Melgarejo, the caudillo deemed Terrazas a traitor and ordered his execution. In a twist of irony, Terrazas fled the country with the man he had defeated earlier, Colonel Benavides.
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With the money he earned, Terrazas returned to Tarata where he opened another business and started a family with María
Manuela Tapia Veisaga. He bought land around 1876 in Torotoro, where he and his family moved.
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February 14, 1879. Mass mobilization followed across the country and Terrazas joined the army. He was restored to the military list and was promoted to
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Born and baptized on June 2, 1844, Terrazas was the son of
Dionisio Terrazas and Manuela Vargas. He did not grow up in the family's hacienda in
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Within a month, Chilean troops had crushed most of the guerrilla activity in
Mantaro and Terrazas disbanded his battalion headed for
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