Jorge Cáceres (14 April 1917 – 3 December 1975) was an Argentine

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and

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general. His brother, , was the

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under the presidencies of Roberto Marcelo Levingston and

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Early life

Cáceres was born in 1917 in

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, Argentina. He entered

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in 1925, and graduated as a second lieutenant. He competed in the

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event at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in ...

, and placed 34th individually and 8th as a team.

Military career

From 1970 to 1971, Cáceres served as the chief of the

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. He retired from the military in September 1972, and was honored by Chile and Paraguay.

Assassination

Cáceres was assassinated along with his wife by the left-wing guerilla group Monteneros on 3 December 1975 in Paraná, a few months before the beginning of the military dictatorship of

Jorge Rafael Videla Jorge Rafael Videla ( ; ; 2 August 1925 – 17 May 2013) was an Argentine military officer and the ''de facto'' President of Argentina from 1976 to 1981, during the National Reorganization Process. His rule, which was during the time of Operati ...

. The couple was survived by a son.

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