Guatemalan Military Historian Releases New Book: "Los Ingenieros Militares"

Guatemalan Military Historian Releases New Book: “Los Ingenieros Militares”

September 11, 2015

Retired Infantry Col. Jorge Ortega has recently released “Los Ingenieros Militares” [The Military Engineers] , his sixth Military history book. In this interview with Diálogo, Col. Ortega discusses his latest book and the circumstances under which he wrote his other works on Guatemala’s Military history.

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