Roberto D'Aubuisson
Politician
1944 – 1992
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Who was Roberto D'Aubuisson?
Roberto D'Aubuisson Arrieta was a major in the Salvadoran Army and a political leader who founded the Nationalist Republican Alliance, which he led from 1980 to 1985. He was known as "Chele", or "light-skinned face", and was considered a leader of right-wing death squads who tortured and killed thousands of civilians before and during the Salvadoran Civil War. To political prisoners, he was known as "Blowtorch Bob", due to his frequent use of a blowtorch in interrogation sessions.
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- Born
- Aug 23, 1944
Santa Tecla - Profession
- Died
- Feb 20, 1992
San Salvador
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on July 23, 2013
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