Luis Pedro Sánchez Moreno
Luis Pedro Sánchez Moreno | |
|---|---|
| Ambassador of Argentina to Peru | |
| In office July 5, 1979 – December 9, 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Jorge Chevalier |
| Succeeded by | Anselmo Marini |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1927 |
| Died | November 8, 1989 |
| Alma mater | Naval Military School |
| Awards | Cross of Naval Merit (1978) |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Argentine Navy |
| Years of service | 1948–1979 |
| Rank | Counter admiral |
Luis Pedro Horacio Sánchez Moreno (1927 — November 8, 1989) was an Argentine soldier, belonging to the Argentine Navy, who reached the rank of counter admiral. He served as Naval Commander of the River Area, Director of Naval Instruction and ambassador to Peru during the military dictatorship known as the National Reorganization Process.
Biography
[edit]He entered the Naval Military School in 1944, graduating in 1948 with the rank of midshipman. His classmates were Jorge Isaac Anaya[1] and Carlos Castro Madero.[2]
In 1963, he was commander of the ARA Chiriguano.[3] He was naval attaché in Chile in the early 1970s.[4] Between 1970 and 1971 he was commander of the destroyer ARA Rosales (D-22).[5]
In January 1976, he was appointed Naval Commander of the River Area based in Zárate, Buenos Aires. After the coup d'état of March 24, 1976, a clandestine detention center was set up in the facilities of the Zárate Prefecture. It has been indicated that it operated under the responsibility of Sánchez Moreno.[6][7]
Between January 1977 and January 1979, he was in charge of the Directorate of Naval Instruction.[8] This directorate was directly responsible for the Navy Mechanics School (ESMA) and the Marine Infantry Non-Commissioned Officers School (ESIM), where clandestine detention centers also operated.[9]
In 1978, he was condecorated with the Cross of Naval Merit with white decoration.[10]
Already in retirement, Jorge Rafael Videla appointed him ambassador to Peru by decree S No. 1605 of July 5, 1979.[11] He remained in office until the end of the dictatorship, on December 9, 1983.[12] During his tenure, in 1980 he carried out negotiations and communications with the Peruvian government headed by Pedro Richter Prada and the Argentine Foreign Ministry after learning about the activities of the Montoneros counteroffensive in Peru. The Peruvian press at that time denounced coordination between Leopoldo Galtieri and the government of Peru for the kidnapping of Federico Frías, Noemí Gianetti de Molfino, Julio César Ramírez and María Inés Raverta (Montoneros militants who had arrived in Peruvian territory), with participation from ambassador Sánchez Moreno.[13]
During the Falklands War, in May 1982, the exiled former Peronist governors Oscar Bidegain and Ricardo Obregón Cano appeared before the Argentine embassy in Lima, offering to fight. Sánchez Moreno did not allow them entry to the diplomatic mission and ignored their requests.[14]
At the end of the dictatorship, he presented his resignation from the position of ambassador, which was accepted on December 9, 1983, by resolution No. 1614 of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Juan Ramón Aguirre Lanari.[15]
Years later, he benefited from the Full stop law of 1986.[16] He died on November 8, 1989.
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ Bautista Yofre, Juan (2022-04-01). "Obsesión con Malvinas y planes: Anaya, el almirante que fue vecino de Thatcher y siempre quiso la guerra". Infobae.
- ^ "Flota de Mar". Historia y Arqueologia Marítima.
- ^ Yofre, Juan B. (2011). Fuimos todos: Cronología de un fracaso 1976-1983 (in Spanish). Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Argentina. ISBN 978-987-566-744-0.
- ^ "ARA Rosales D-22". Historia y Arqueologia Marítima.
- ^ Mohr, José Luis D'Andrea (1999). Memoria debida (in Spanish). Ediciones Del Sol. p. 231. ISBN 978-950-581-602-6.
- ^ "Grupo Fahrenheit - Listado de Represores Por Fuerza: Marina". Desaparecidos.org.
- ^ "Equipo Nizkor - Auto del Juzgado Federal No. 1 de Bahía Blanca disponiendo el procesamiento de Guillermo Féliz Botto y ocho marinos más, entre otros, en la causa por crímenes cometidos por la Armada Argentina". Desaparecidos.org.
- ^ "Responsables del terrorismo de Estado" (PDF). Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales.
- ^ "Sumario del día 18/11/1978". Boletín Oficial del Estado.
- ^ "Decreto S 1605 / 1979 PODER EJECUTIVO NACIONAL (P.E.N.)". Argentina.gob.ar.
- ^ "Resolución 1614/1983 Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto" (PDF). Archivo Histórico de Cancillería. 1983-12-09.
- ^ Fernández Barrio, Facundo (2017-06-06). "Diplomacia y represión extraterritorial: la actuación del Servicio Exterior argentino en el "caso Molfino"". Centro Científico Tecnológico CONICET-Rosario.
- ^ Bardini, Roberto. "Malvinas: De militares cautos y civiles decididos". El Ortiba. Bambú Press.
- ^ "Resolución No 1614" (PDF). Archivo Histórico de Cancillería.
- ^ "Lista de Represores Argentinos". Desaparecidos.org.