Santiago Omar Riveros
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Santiago Omar Riveros (4 August 1923 – 24 May 2024) was an Argentine general, who occupied various charges during the dictatorship known as National Reorganization Process, such as Commander of Military Institutions, chief of Campo de Mayo base and ambassador of Argentina to Uruguay.[1][2]
During the dictatorship he was in charge of the coordination of the Operation Condor with anothers dictatorships in the Americas.[3] After the recuperation of the democracy in Argentina, he received a pardon of President Carlos Menem for his actions during that period. Nevertheless, that pardon was annulled and he was convicted of crimes against humanity to life in a civilian prison in 2006.[1]
Riveros died in Buenos Aires on 24 May 2024, at the age of 100.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Torturing general sentenced to life in jail". France 24. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ "Riveros, el general que dio el mal paso". La Nación. 14 July 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ "Operation Condor". CELS. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ "El ex general Santiago Riveros, un exponente del ala dura de la dictadura, murió a los 101 años". Clarín. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
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