- Hugo Campos Hermida
Hugo Campos Hermida (
September 27 ,1928 —November 24 ,2001 ) was aUruguay anpolice officer .Background
Hermida also received training in the United States, including from the
Drug Enforcement Administration . [Electronic Telegrams, Central Foreign Policy Files, created, 7/1973 - 12/1975,United States Department of State ]ignificant roles
He has been accused with other Uruguayans in participating in the Argentine detention center "
Automotores Orletti ", a clandestine holding area during the "Dirty War " in Argentine, which was also used in the frame ofOperation Condor . According to a document published by "La Republica " newspaper, Campos Hermida was responsible of SenatorZelmar Michelini and of deputyHéctor Gutiérrez Ruiz 's deaths in 1976 in Buenos Aires [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] ] . The Argentine poetJuan Gelman also denounced him in his complaint before the Spanish justice for the "disappearance" of his niece in Uruguay .Repeated extradition requests from the Argentine government remained futile. The Uruguayan government provided amnesty in 1986 to military and police personnel who violated human rights during the previous military regimes. [cite news | title = No arrest for Uruguayans wanted in Argentina for torture | publisher =
Agence France Presse | date =2001-07-07 ]Campos Hermida also participated to the capture of the founder of the
Tupamaros ,Raúl Sendic , on August 31, 1972, as well as on the events of 14 April 1972 during which current senatorEleuterio Fernández Huidobro was detained while the Martinera couple was killed in the Amazonas street in Montevideo .ee also
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Politics of Uruguay References
External links
* [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]
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