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On this day, 12 October 1925, amidst a mass tenants’ and workers’ strike in Panama, police killed two organisers, and President Rodolfo Chiari requested US troops to help put down the rebellion. The following day, three US infantry battalions and a machine-gun battery arrived and took control of Panama City, banning all gatherings of more than five people and arresting any strikers who attempted to meet. Tenants in Panama City had begun withholding rent to protest against rising rents and unsanitary conditions. After police violently repressed the tenants, killing several, wounding dozens as well as arresting and deporting others, the strike spread to Colón and workers launched a general strike.
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