Manuel Carrascalão

Manuel Carrascalão
Atauro,  East Timor
Died	July 11, 2009(2009-07-11) (aged 75) Dili,  East Timor
Cause of death	Embolism
Citizenship	Portugal  Indonesia  East Timor
Parents	Manuel Viegas Carrascalão (father) Marcelina Guterres (mother)

Manuel Guterres Viegas Carrascalão (

On May 22, 1952, at the age of 18, he was made Knight of the Order of Entrepreneurial Merit.^[3]

He became one of the prominent figures in the popular

Xanana Gusmão succeeded in the leadership of the National Council of Maubere Resistance, the Timorese independentist coalition.^[6] He had 11 brothers, the eldest, and among them were João Viegas Carrascalão, founder of the Timorese Democratic Union and presidential candidate in 2007, and Mário Viegas Carrascalão, who founded the Social Democratic Party.^[4]

He died at the age of 75, on July 11, 2009, at the

Manuel Carrascalão House massacre

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The Manuel Carrascalão House massacre occurred on 17 April 1999 in Dili, East Timor, at the house of East Timorese independence leader Manuel Carrascalão. 12 people were killed by the pro-Indonesia Aitarak militia, commanded by Eurico Guterres, including Carrascalão's 17-year-old son Manelito, who was tortured and hacked to death. The bodies of the victims were transported to the village of Maubara, the headquarters of the Besi Merah Putih militia, where they were buried, in coffins, with personal possessions and identification. The bodies were exhumed in 2000, by the UNTAET Crime Scene Detachment.

After much deliberation, the Indonesian government agreed to allow Eurico Guterres to be extradited by the