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Revision as of 05:07, 14 February 2020
Mario Eduardo Firmenich (born 24 January 1948) is a former guerrilla leader from Argentina. He was one of the commander of Montoneros group and the most significant figure in the argentinian guerrillas in the 70s. He was sentenced for killed a businessman and attemps of murderings of politicians in Argentina to life in prison but was pardoned by president Carlos Menem. [1]
He has been accused of many killings and kidnnapings carried out by Montoneros, like the kidnnaping of Born Brothers, owners of Bunge and Born and the killing of former president Pedro Eugenio Aramburu. He confessed the killing of Aramburu with his mate Norma Arrostito.[2][3][4]
He was born in Buenos Aires into a family of German origins and attended the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires. He was arrest for the first time February 1974 for his actions with Montoneros, but realeased soon due legal technicalities. During the National Reorganization Process he lived in exile in different countries like Italy, Cuba and Mexico. With the return of democracy in Argentina with president Raúl Alfonsín, he was captured in Brazil and extradited to Argentina. During his return in the country, he studied economy at the University of Buenos Aires with honours, but due his controversial figure a political agroupation solicited giving no honours to him.[5]
He currently lives in Spain, where he is a history teacher and researcher at the University of Barcelona.[5]
References
- ^ "Former Guerrilla Leader Mario Firmenich Given Life In Prison". Associated Press. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "Notorious guerrilla chief in Argentine custody". UPI. 21 October 1984. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "A 40 años del asesinato: relato secreto de la confesión por el crimen de Aramburu". Clarín. 30 May 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "Argentine rebel chief convicted". The New York Times. 20 May 1987. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ a b "La vida catalana del montonero". 5 March 2018. ABC. Retrieved 14 February 2020.