Hugo Alfredo Anzorreguy Recobiche (born July 10, 1938) was the
Secretary of Intelligence of the
Argentine Republic
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from January 30, 1990 to December 10, 1999, during most of
Carlos Menem
Carlos Saúl Menem (2 July 1930 – 14 February 2021) was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999. Ideologically, he identified as a Peronist and supported economically liberal policies. H ...
's presidency. At nine years, Anzorreguy was the longest serving Secretary of Intelligence, and was the head of
SIDE
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during some of its most scandalous years.
Anzorreguy was born in the city of
Buenos Aires
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, where he studied to be a
lawyer
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. He is currently indicted in the
AMIA Bombing
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case for tampering with evidence.
See also
*
List of secretaries of intelligence of Argentina
The following is a semi complete list of Secretaría de Inteligencia, secretaries of intelligence of Argentina :
Subsecretaries
See also
*Secretaría de Inteligencia, Secretariat of Intelligence
*:Argentine intelligence agencies, Argentin ...
External links
Anzorreguy's declaration in the AMIA Bombing case
1938 births
Argentine Secretaries of Intelligence
Living people
Politicians from Buenos Aires
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