José Gregorio Liendo

José Gregorio Liendo Vera (1945 – October 3, 1973), also known as "Compañero Pepe", "Comandante Pepe" or "Loco Pepe" was a chilean political leader and militant of the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR) who participated in the "fundos" occupations of the 1970s in Neltume and led the MIR-MCR attack on the police station of Neltume on September 12 following the 1973 Chilean coup d'etat. He had originally moved into the zone of Neltume in the 1960s after quitting his agronomy university studies. He was executed in the prison of Isla Teja by a firing squad on October 3, 1973 an alleged war council accused him of having led a guerrilla focus.

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Sources

• José Gregorio LIENDO VERA, Memoria Viva. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
• Guzmán reconstituye asalto a retén Neltume, El Mercurio. Published April 13, 2003. retrieved 27 September 2009.