 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akaenda kukoreji yechiuto ndokupinda muParaguayan Army muna 1922. Akatora rutivi muHondo yeChaco uye akagadzwa kuva Mukuru weVashandi veHondo muna 1936. Morínigo akawana mukurumbira muParaguay panguva yeRevolution yaFebruary ya1936 nokutungamirira chikwata chokuenda kunzvimbo yeHondo yeCerro Corákuti vawane zvisaririra zvaFrancisco Solano López. Mutungamiri José Félix Estigarribia, iye amene gamba reChaco War uye mutsigiri weLiberal Party, akasimudzira Morínigo kuva mukuru uye akamugadza seGurukota reHondo musi waMay 2, 1940. 