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Romance of Pombo's 7000 Mile Flight and Secret Wedding
Pursuing a long distance romance, Juan Ignacio Pombo flew from Seville to Mexico City to win Maria Elena Rivero. After many trials including a desert stop, appendicitis, and a fog brief, he finally wed her secretly in Paris following a convent elopement.
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Santander
Seville
Mediterranean
Morocco
Caballero
Mexico City
Juan Ignacio Pombo
Maria Elena Rivero
Senorita Rivero
Pombo
Juliet
South Atlantic
Tomas Rivero
el Cantabrico
Spain
Rivero
Mexico
Elenita
Elena
Pomix
Africa
Ifni
Bathurst
Gambia
West Africa
Natal
Brazil
BU Pombo
Costa Rica
Senora Rivera
Juan
Maria Elena
Vera Cruz
Mother
New York
Senorita
Senorita Rivera
Paris
Senora Rivero
Juan Pombo
Mexico Ciy
Senora Iglesias
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