Urano Bacelar
On September 1, 2005, he was selected to lead the military contingent of
Graduated at the
On January 7, 2006, General Bacellar was found dead, fallen from a chair on the balcony of his hotel room in
An autopsy was also performed, to determine the exact cause of death and the calibre of the weapon that killed him. On January 12, 2006, both the UN and the Brazilian government announced suicide as the official cause of death.[6]
In January 2011, diplomatic cables from 2005 and 2006 released in the United States diplomatic cables leak, revealed that Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernández suspected Bacellar had been assassinated by a group of Contras led by Guy Philippe, a former soldier and police chief and a Haitian anti-Aristide "rebel" leader that had been armed by the USA.[7]
The same cables also reveal that the
His position as leader of the military contingent of
His body was returned to Brasília to burial with full military honours in Rio de Janeiro.
Awards
- MINUSTAH - Haiti) (United Nations)
References
- ^ "New commander leads Haiti force". BBC News. September 1, 2005.
- ^ "Mystery Surrounds Death of U.N. Official in Haiti - OhmyNews International". english.ohmynews.com. Retrieved Aug 13, 2019.
- ^ "Leader of U.N. Haiti peacekeeping force found dead". CNN. January 7, 2006.
- ^ "UN commander in Haiti found dead". CBC News. January 8, 2006.
- ^ "Haiti UN mission chief found dead". BBC News. January 8, 2006.
- ^ "Xinhua - English". news.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-14.
- ^ Ives, Kim (January 21, 2011). "WikiLeaks points to US meddling in Haiti". Guardian UK.
- ^ "New peacekeeping head for Haiti". news.bbc.co.uk. Jan 18, 2006. Retrieved Aug 13, 2019.