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Place of Birth: Baja Verapaz Department, Guatemala
About Rudy Ortiz
- Rudy Israel Ortiz Ruiz (6 August 1963 – 20 August 2014) was a Guatemalan senior military officer and chief general until his death on 20 August 2014.
- Ortiz joined the Guatemalan Military in 1983 at the age of 20.
- In late August 2014, Ortiz, along with four other senior military officers took off in a helicopter that changed its flight path during bad weather.
- The helicopter crashed in Huehuetenango, near the capital of Guatemala and with the border of Mexico.
- It is unclear if the helicopter crashed naturally or was shot down due to flying over Huehuetenango which has a strong drug cartel presence.
- Ortiz died at the age of 51, and the President of Guatemala gave out a statement praising all of the officers in the helicopter's dedication to the military.
- Ortiz was planning to retire from the Guatemalan Military in 2015.
- One of the victims in the helicopter crash was Brigade General Braulio René Mayen GarcÃa, Commander of the 5th.
- Brigade of Infantry of Guatemala, at the moment of the accident.
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