Enrique Gorriarán Merlo
Argentine guerrilla leader who cofounded the ERP and later sought political reconciliation.
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He was involved in the 1980 assassination of deposed Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle in Paraguay.[1]
Quick Facts
- Born
- 18 October 1941, San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
- Died
- 22 September 2006, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Nationality
- Argentine
Facts from the source article.
Key facts and history
Gorriarán Merlo moved to Nicaragua to collaborate with the Sandinistas.[1] He was pardoned in May 2003 by President Eduardo Duhalde along with other former guerrilla leaders.[2] In 2005, he launched the Party for Work and Development in Rosario.[3] He publicly stated near the end of his life that he would not return to armed struggle.[3]
A memoir covering his years as a militant was authored by him while incarcerated and came out in January 2003.[2] Sylvester had passed away a few weeks before that meeting.[4]
What the research sources say
The source El Ortiba describes Gorriarán as having "caballero" manners and being handsome, correct, and kind.[5] In 1979, Luis Mattini had a political meeting with Gorriarán in a Paris café.[5] The account notes that Gorriarán encountered unexpectedly heavy opposition during that mission.[5] The account says that within Gorriarán's group was Jorge Masetti, who suggested killing Mattini to eliminate his reformist influence.[5]
References
- Wikipedia, "Enrique Gorriarán Merlo" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: El Ortiba. Enrique Gorriarán Merlo (1941-2006) (profile and interviews). (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Enrique Gorriarán Merlo" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Clarín, 23 May 2003. Gorriarán Merlo y Seineldín recuperaron la libertad. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Enrique Gorriarán Merlo" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: La Capital, 26 June 2005. Gorriarán Merlo lanzó su nuevo partido en Rosario . (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Enrique Gorriarán Merlo" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: La Capital, 9 November 2003. El día que Gorriarán Merlo pasó por Rosario para pedir disculpas por un secuestro. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- El Ortiba. Enrique Gorriarán Merlo (1941-2006) (profile and interviews).. facts only, no text reused. elortiba.org
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- Wikipedia: Enrique Gorriarán Merlo (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Word definitions: the Codexery glossary, each quoted from its Wikipedia article.
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