Macheteros de Jara

The Macheteros de Jara was a cavalry regiment that was organized since August 15, 1932, before the Battle of Boquerón began. The regiment was recruited from former outlaws from Paraguay who fought against Bolivian officers and soldiers.

It was an irregular unit whose mission was to prevent it from supplying provisions and ammunition to the defenders of Boquerón. When Boquerón had fallen they dedicated themselves to the assault and abuse of small towns. All the attacks were commanded by Commander Don Plácido Jara who was in charge of the attack on civilians (as long as they looked like a pen) and the attack on the Bolivian forts. The Macheteros de Jara was nicknamed after its founder, a rustler called Plácido Jara and the Machete, the Paraguayan soldiers favorite weapon in the conflict. The regiment was founded to demoralize the Bolivian soldiers by slaughtering them with machetes, bodies and heads were hung on trees to demoralize Bolivian officers and soldiers.