Sabino Augusto Montanaro

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Sabino Augusto Montanaro
Minister of the Interior
In office
1966–1989
Preceded byEdgar Ynsfrán
Succeeded byOrlando Machuca Vargas
Personal details
Born30 July 1922
Died10 September 2011
Asunción, Paraguay

Sabino Augusto Montanaro Ciarleti (30 July 1922 – 10 September 2011) was a Paraguayan politician. He served as Minister of the Interior between 1966 and 1989 in the government of Alfredo Stroessner. Montanaro was also the First Vice President of the Partido Colorado.

Biography

Having been the Minister of the Interior between 1966

El Stronato,[3] often mentioned as one of the four closest politicians around Alfredo Stroessner (the so-called "Cuatrinomio de Oro"), and was blamed for many human rights violations.[3][4] During his tenure of the Ministry of the Interior, the Press Freedom in Paraguay was limited. Several newspapers and radios like ABC Color or Radio Ñandutí faced restrictions and bans.[5]

Because members of the

excommunicated
two times by Archbishops of Asunción Anibal Mena Porta in 1969 and
Ismael Rolón, SDB in 1971.[6][7]

In June 1979, Montanaro ordered the closure of the two newspapers Ultima Hora and La Tribuna for a duration of 30 days.[5] In 1987, he and other loyalists of Stroessner, took even a more stronger grip over the Partido Colorado and the Governmental Institutions of Paraguay.[8]

This caused a fierce resistance from other politicians of the party and led to the eventual coup on the 3 February 1989.

Tacumbú prison.[12] But due to his delicate health situation, a judge ordered his detention in a hospital from the police.[13] On the 24 of June 2009, he was jailed in Tacumbú prison, but following a visit of a Judge of the Supreme Court of Paraguay the next day,[14] the Court ordered his release into house arrest the same week.[13] He died in Asunción on 10 September 2011, aged 89, from undisclosed causes.[15]

Later it was known that Montanaro's son opened an offshore company through the Panamenian law firm Mossack Fonseca shortly before Montanaro died in 2011.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b "Paraguay: Sabino Montanaro debe responder a la Justicia". Amnesty International (in Spanish). 2009-05-08. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  2. ^ a b c Servin, Pedro (2009-05-05). "Lugo: Dictatorship-era aide must tell of bodies". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  3. ^ a b c "Día del reportero gráfico: la última foto a Sabino Augusto Montanaro". www.lanacion.com.py (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  4. ^ "Abdo padre integró Cuatrinomio de Oro". ultimahora.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  5. ^ a b "Paraguay 1987 - Chapter V". www.cidh.org. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  6. ^ David Kohut, Olga Vilella: Historical Dictionary of the "Dirty Wars". Scarecrow Press, Lanham, 2nd, expanded ed. 2010. ISBN 978-0-8108-5839-8. p. 235.
  7. ^ La Iglesia Católica excomulgó en dos ocasiones a Montanaro
  8. ^ "Military Coup Topples Paraguay's Stroessner : Incoming President Promises Democracy, Respect for Rights". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  9. ^ "Abdo padre integró Cuatrinomio de Oro". Ultima Hora (in European Spanish). 2 August 2020. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  10. ^ "Familia de temido ministro creó offshore - Secretos en paraísos fiscales - ABC Color". www.abc.com.py (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  11. ^ Regresa a Paraguay Sabino Augusto Montanaro Archived 2009-05-07 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ "Sabino Augusto Montanaro regresa al Paraguay luego de 20 años". ultimahora.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  13. ^ a b "Ex represor cumple arresto - - ABC Color". www.abc.com.py (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  14. ^ "Ministra Pucheta visitó a Montanaro en la cárcel de Tacumbú en el marco del habeas corpus presentado por su esposa". Poder Judicial (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  15. ^ Forbes.com[dead link]
  16. ^ "Montanaro tras "Monet"". ABC Color (in Spanish). 21 June 2018. Retrieved 2022-01-08.


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