ambush at Vado del Yeso
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The ambush at Vado del Yeso was a key 1967 clash in Bolivia in which government forces surprised and decimated a detachment of Che Guevara’s guerrillas, significantly weakening his insurgent campaign.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| ambush at Vado del Yeso canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5717822 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: ambush at Vado del Yeso Context triple: [Bolivian campaign of Che Guevara, notableEvent, ambush at Vado del Yeso]
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A.
Battle of Los Arapiles
The Battle of Los Arapiles, better known in English as the Battle of Salamanca, was a major 1812 Peninsular War engagement in which the Duke of Wellington decisively defeated French forces near Salamanca, Spain.
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B.
Second Battle of Oituz
The Second Battle of Oituz was a World War I engagement in the summer of 1917 in which Romanian and Russian forces successfully halted a Central Powers offensive in the Carpathian Mountains, helping to stabilize the Eastern Front in Romania.
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C.
Battle of Camino Real
The Battle of Camino Real was a significant military engagement during Ecuador’s struggle to break free from Spanish colonial rule in the early 19th century.
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D.
Battle of Monterey Pass
The Battle of Monterey Pass was a nighttime Civil War engagement in July 1863 in Pennsylvania, where Union forces attacked the retreating Confederate wagon train following the Battle of Gettysburg.
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E.
Battle of Salta
The Battle of Salta was a key 1813 engagement in the Argentine War of Independence in which patriot forces under Manuel Belgrano defeated royalist troops, consolidating revolutionary control in northwestern Argentina.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ambush at Vado del Yeso Target entity description: The ambush at Vado del Yeso was a key 1967 clash in Bolivia in which government forces surprised and decimated a detachment of Che Guevara’s guerrillas, significantly weakening his insurgent campaign.
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A.
Battle of Los Arapiles
The Battle of Los Arapiles, better known in English as the Battle of Salamanca, was a major 1812 Peninsular War engagement in which the Duke of Wellington decisively defeated French forces near Salamanca, Spain.
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B.
Second Battle of Oituz
The Second Battle of Oituz was a World War I engagement in the summer of 1917 in which Romanian and Russian forces successfully halted a Central Powers offensive in the Carpathian Mountains, helping to stabilize the Eastern Front in Romania.
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C.
Battle of Camino Real
The Battle of Camino Real was a significant military engagement during Ecuador’s struggle to break free from Spanish colonial rule in the early 19th century.
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D.
Battle of Monterey Pass
The Battle of Monterey Pass was a nighttime Civil War engagement in July 1863 in Pennsylvania, where Union forces attacked the retreating Confederate wagon train following the Battle of Gettysburg.
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E.
Battle of Salta
The Battle of Salta was a key 1813 engagement in the Argentine War of Independence in which patriot forces under Manuel Belgrano defeated royalist troops, consolidating revolutionary control in northwestern Argentina.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ambush
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military engagement ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Bolivian government forces
NERFINISHED
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Che Guevara's guerrilla detachment ⓘ |
| commander | officers of the Bolivian Army ⓘ |
| conflict | Insurgency in Bolivia (1966–1967) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| context | Cold War conflicts in Latin America ⓘ |
| country | Bolivia ⓘ |
| date | 1967 ⓘ |
| governmentForceType | regular army troops ⓘ |
| location | Vado del Yeso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryOutcome |
heavy casualties for the guerrilla detachment
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survival and consolidation of government control in the area ⓘ |
| opponentType | left-wing guerrillas ⓘ |
| opposingCommander |
Che Guevara
NERFINISHED
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members of Che Guevara's guerrilla leadership ⓘ |
| partOf | Che Guevara's Bolivian campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phaseOf | late stage of Che Guevara's Bolivian guerrilla operations ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Bolivian Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bolivian National Liberation Army (ELN) NERFINISHED ⓘ Che Guevara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | Bolivian government victory ⓘ |
| significance |
contributed to the eventual failure of Che Guevara's Bolivian campaign
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key clash in the 1967 phase of the Bolivian insurgency ⓘ |
| strategicEffect |
reduced the operational strength of Che Guevara's guerrilla force
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significantly weakened Che Guevara's insurgent campaign in Bolivia ⓘ |
| tacticalDescription |
government forces surprised a guerrilla detachment
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guerrilla detachment was decimated ⓘ |
| typeOfWarfare | guerrilla warfare ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: ambush at Vado del Yeso Description of subject: The ambush at Vado del Yeso was a key 1967 clash in Bolivia in which government forces surprised and decimated a detachment of Che Guevara’s guerrillas, significantly weakening his insurgent campaign.
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