Ciudad Leando

Ciudad Leando was the capital city of the small Latin American country Bosqueverde.^[1][2] Its weather tended to a scorching heat,^[1] especially in summertime.^[3]

When the Spanish colonized the territory currently known as Bosqueverde between 1501 and 1528, they displaced or killed the local Warao to construct the settlement of Ciudad Leando along the Bosque River, and it became one of the first permanent settlements of Spain in South America,^[2] with several buildings erected by the Spanish that still stood in recent times.^[3] In 1820 achieve independence from Spain and eventually Ciudad Leando became its capitla city.^[2] Other relevant constructions included a garrison prison dating from colonial times;^[3] Ciudad Leando University;^[2] the Estadio E. Jacovone,^[4] the largest soccer stadium in the country; and the Presidential Palace, official residence of the Head of State.^[2]

During the early regime of President Ricardo Dominguez some ten years ago,^[2][1] General Emmanuel Raposa led a revolutionary movement against Dominguez,^[2] the "Raposistas",^[1][4][2] Raposa hired well-paid international mercenaries, including Broward "Bo" Ollsen^[1] and Marc Spector^[5] to help him take Ciudad Leando by force.^[2] Raposa personally led his soldiers in a forced march to Ciudad Leando across the jungle.^[6] Raposa's army then laid siege to Ciudad Leando^[2][1] during summer,^[1][3] and at that point the Raposistas had victory within their reach.^[3] President Dominguez made a deal with Raposa, accepting to legitimize Raposa's government in exchange for one million dollars; Raposa accepted and gave him the money, but then decided he could recover the loot if Dominguez died. He ordered one of his mercenaries, Broward "Bo" Ollsen, to make sure that Dominguez died during the battle of Ciudad Leando.^[7] The other mercenaries recieved orders to capture Dominguez alive^[1][2] to avoid leaks.^[3]

During Raposa's siege of Ciudad Leando^[1] in the summer,^[1][3] the unit led by Ollsen, after a street-to-street battle,^[1] suffered many casualties while reaching the Palace;^[7][3] only Ollsen and his fellow mercenary Marc Spector survived^[7] and reached the President's office.^[1] Dominguez mistakenly believed Ollsen and Spector had been sent by Raposa to escort him and his wife^[3][7] to a plane to fly to Europe.^[7] Seeing Dominguez reached into a drawer,^[1][3] Ollsen yelled at Spector that Dominguez was trying to get a gun,^[1][3][7] so Spector fired,^[1][3][7] killing the president in what he believed was self-defense.^[5] Ollsen then had Spector leave the room^[3] to report to Raposa that Dominguez was dead, while Ollsen "cleaned up " the mess.^[1] Ollsen then conspired with Dominguez's wife to share the gold between the two of them, without Raposa knowing about it. Señora Dominguez agreed, and Ollsen smuggled the gold from the Palace' under Raposa's nose, not without difficulty.^[7]

Spector killing President Dominguez^[8][9] was key for Raposa taking power,^[5] but Raposa then established a ferocious dictatorship in Bosqueverde,^[8][9] repeatedly violating human rights^[5] and spilling so much blood^[3] that his regime was considered the bloodiest in Latin America.^[6] He soon faced guerrilla attacks by a resistance movement that refused to recognize Raposa's legitimity, starting a decade-long-civil war that wrecked the country.^[2] Ten years later,^[4] and after a bloody civil war, Raposa had been deposed, replaced with a new democratic government led by President Hector Silva^[1] and Vice President Carmilla Dominguez.^[3]

The new government set out to punish people affiliated with Raposa regime for war crimes and human right violations,^[2] which satisfied Vice President Dominguez, who wanted those men executed to avenge their victims, purportedly to bring hope to the survivors.^[1] Raposa himself could not been captured,^[1] nor was Ollsen,^[1] but Spector and Raposa's right-hand man General César Bajete of the Secret Police were sent to a garrison prison in Ciudad Leando.^[1] A public tribunal was held in the E. Jacovone Estadio,^[2][1] with the Army ensuring security.^[3] The Raposistas were sentenced to die by hanging,^[3][2] but they escaped during the night^[4][2] and tried to assassinate Silva at the Palace. The Army tried to chase the fugitives and to defend the Palace, but^[4] the assassination was only stopped by Spector,^[4][2] in his identity as Moon Knight.^[4] Spector convinced Silva to pardon him in exchange for the promise to bring Raposa to Bosqueverde's justice. The following day, the Raposistas were executed, but Silva pardoned Spector as promised.^[4][2] Spector left the Estadio, among protests of the attendees.^[4] After that, former dictator Hector Carranza escaped from prison in the United States, returning to Bosqueverde and being kept in a prison compound in Sierra Angeles,^[10] but there was international pressure for him to be properly tried. Carranza's assistant Character Index/P#Porquito went to Ciudad Leando to get news of Carranza's situation, and possibly to influence it: The U.S. wanted to extradit Carranza, but three Bosqueverdan justices had blocked the request because Carranza had generously donated to their "favorite charities", and a fourth one agreed to cooperate because Carranza had kidnapped his daughter. Porquito went back to Siera Angeles to report the good news to Carranza. However, Carranza was killed soon afterward by the Punisher.^[11]

• Ciudad Leando University^[2]
• Estadio E. Jacovone^[4]
• Presidential Palace^[4]

• Bosqueverde Army^[4]
  • former General^[2] and former President Emmanuel Rodrigo Raposa^[1]
• General César Bajete,^[1] deceased^[4]
• President Juan Ricardo Dominguez, deceased^[1]
• Vice President^[3] Carmilla Dominguez^[1]
• Bosqueverdan National Guard^[2]
  • General^[11] and President^[2] Hector Carranza,^[12] deceased^[11]
• Broward "Bo" Ollsen; formerly^[1]
• President Hector Silva^[1]
• Marc Spector; formerly^[5]