Founded in 1941, they played their home games at the Estadio Nacional General Anastasio Somoza G. (the modern Dennis Martínez National Stadium).
[1][2][3] Its close association with the Somozas made it unpopular in the eyes of many Nicaraguans, especially compared to its biggest rival, Indios del Bóer.
"[5]However, at the height of the team's success in the 1950s (when its roster was staffed with the best players in the country), Cinco Estrellas did attract support even from the president's opponents.
[5] Its players were technically enlisted in the Nicaraguan National Guard, though many of them were foreigners hired to play winter ball (including a nearly all-Cuban team fielded in the early 1960s).
[8] The Sandinistas changed the name to Dantos, a team which continues to play in the Nicaraguan amateur baseball league, the Germán Pomares Ordóñez First Division.