Héctor Ríos Ereñú, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Argentinian military personnel
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Place of Birth: Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
About Héctor Ríos Ereñú
- Héctor Ríos Ereñú (19 October 1930 – 20 June 2017) was an Argentine military officer.
- Ríos Ereñú was born in 1930 in Rosario, Santa Fe, graduated from the Military College in 1951 and belonged to the infantry division.
- He was appointed Chief of Defense Staff in March 1985 by President Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín, the third general to hold the position since the restoration of democracy.
- During his administration, he had to face the Carapintada uprising of officers, led by Aldo Rico, in April 1987.
- Ríos Ereñú was forced to resign after the uprising, as discipline in the ranks was restored.
- In December 2013, he was sentenced to life imprisonment, along with six other defendants, for crimes against humanity committed in Salta in 1975.
- Ríos Ereñú was convicted of kidnapping and murder of Peronist military officer Jorge Santillán.
- He was granted house arrest due to his delicate health in 2017, and died on 20 June aged 86.
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