Julio Rodolfo Alsogaray

Julio Alsogaray (1918–1994) was an Argentine Army general.

Biography

Julio Alsogaray was born in

Politics

Participating in General Benjamin Menéndez's failed, September 1951 coup attempt against President

He was direct involved in the Laguna del Desierto incident.

Appointed Commander of the 1st Army Corps in January 1966, Alsogaray planned a

The coup itself, which took place on the morning of June 28, 1966, was led militarily by Pistarini, who encountered little resistance. General Alsogaray, however, personally approached President Illia at his Casa Rosada office to deliver the order to resign, informing Illia that:

As a representative of the Armed Forces, I have come to request that you leave this office.

(Illia): You do not represent the Armed Forces, rather an insurrection. You and those with you are highwaymen who, like bandits, appear in the early morning hours.

I invite you to leave. Do not force me to use violence.

Of what violence do you speak? The violence is the one you've just unleashed. The nation shall always recriminate you for this usurpation. ^[5]

Following the coup, Onganía, who had obtained Pistarini's pledge to leave himself and any other active-duty General out of the new government, nixed Álvaro Alsogaray's proposal for creating a (powerful) Prime Minister's post, denying him even the post of

Alsogaray maintained a low profile in subsequent years. In early 1983 Alsogaray visited a dying Arturo Illia in a hospital in Córdoba to apologize for the coup d'état, which he had grown to regret throughout the years. Illia accepted his apology and died a few days afterwards. Alsogaray died over a decade later, in 1994.[8]

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