Mario Roberto Santucho

Mario Roberto Santucho (12 August 1936 – 19 July 1976) was an Argentine revolutionary and guerrilla combatant, founder of the Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores (Workers' Revolutionary Party, PRT) and leader of Argentina's largest Marxist guerrilla group, the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (People's Revolutionary Army, ERP).

Mario Roberto Santucho
Born(1936-08-12)August 12, 1936
DiedJuly 19, 1976(1976-07-19) (aged 40)
Villa Martelli, Argentina
Cause of deathBallistic trauma
Occupation(s)Revolutionary and guerilla combatant
Known forLeader of a Marxist guerilla group

Santucho was killed by the Argentine Armed Forces in a shootout in Villa Martelli (Buenos Aires Province) on 19 July 1976.

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