- Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz
Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz (Montevideo, 1934 - Buenos Aires, 1976) was a
Uruguayan political figure, who died by assassination.Background and political role
He served as a Uruguayan deputy, and was member of the National Party. President of the Chamber of Deputies at the time of the coup d'Etat in 1973, he exiled himself in Argentina.
Assassination & prosecution file
Héctor Gutiérrez "disappeared" (an operative term) in Buenos Aires in May 1976 in the framework of
Operation Condor , and was assassinated alongside former senatorZelmar Michelini and two political refugeesRosario Barredo and William Whitelaw.On November 16, 2006, judge Roberto Timbal assigned to preventive detention former dictator
Juan María Bordaberry as well as the former ChancellorJuan Carlos Blanco as the organizers of these crimes. Uruguayan police officerHugo Campos Hermida has also been suspected of being responsible of this assassination [http://www.larepublica.com.uy/lr3/larepublica/2001/11/25/politica/63458/a-los-73-anos-murio-el-inspector-mayor-r-hugo-campos-hermida/ A los 73 años murió el inspector mayor (r) Hugo Campos Hermida] ] .ee also
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