Zelmar Michelini

Zelmar Michelini (20 May 1924 – 20 May 1976) was a Uruguayan reporter and politician, assassinated in Buenos Aires in 1976 as part of Operation Condor.

Zelmar Michelini
Uruguayan reporter and politician, assassinated in Buenos Aires in 1976
Born(1924-05-20)20 May 1924
Montevideo, Uruguay
Died20 May 1976(1976-05-20) (aged 52)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cause of deathGunshot
NationalityUruguayan
OccupationReporter, politician
Political partyBroad Front
Spouse(s)Elisa Delle Piane
ChildrenElisa, Margarita, Luis Pedro, Isabel, Zelmar, Cecilia, Rafael, Felipe, Graciela, Marcos

Career

Zelmar Michelini was member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1954–58, and then of the Chamber of Senators starting in 1966. He was Minister of the Industry under Oscar Gestido's presidency (Colorado Party), before renouncing in 1970 due to disagreements with the government's policies.[1] At that time, he left the conservative Colorado Party to participate, alongside other left-wing parties (Communist and Socialist Party and other independent left-wing groups), in the foundation of the Frente Amplio ("Broad Front") coalition in 1971. A reporter at the newspaper Acción, he also founded in the 1960s the weekly Hechos. Michelini again became senator in 1971, as a member of the Frente Amplio.[1] However, he had exiled himself to Buenos Aires after the 1973 coup and started denouncing the human rights violations committed by Bordaberry's dictatorship.

Death

Michelini was abducted on 18 May 1976 by a paramilitary group. He was tortured and shot; his body was discovered on 21 May in an abandoned Torino sedan, at the corner of Perito Moreno and Dellepiane in Buenos Aires. Three other bodies were found in the car – Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz, former Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of Uruguay, and two Tupamaros militants, William Whitelaw and Rosario del Carmen Barredo, all of whom had also been tortured before they were killed.[1]

Judge Roberto Timbal put former dictator Bordaberry and former Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Blanco Estradé under preventive detention on 16 November 2006, for having orchestrated the murders. Uruguayan police officer Hugo Campos has also been suspected of being responsible.[2]

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See also

References
  1. Elías, Jorge (1 July 2004). "Montevideo, at the Corner of Buenos Aires". Proyecto Impunidad.
  2. "A los 73 años murió el inspector mayor (r) Hugo Campos Hermida". LaRed21. 25 November 2001.
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