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Major Carlos Carrizo Salvadores distinguished himself on 11-12 June 1982 when, as Second-in-Command of the 7th Mechanized Infantry Regiment, he defended Mount Longdon. | Major Carlos Carrizo Salvadores distinguished himself on 11-12 June 1982 when, as Second-in-Command of the 7th Mechanized Infantry Regiment, he defended Mount Longdon. | ||
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| + | On December 7, 1987, Colonel Carrizo Salvadores was named commander of the 20th "Los Cazadores de los Andes" Infantry Regiment in San Salvador de Jujuy, replacing Colonel Fernando Marcelo Zarraga. On February 10, 1989, Carrizo Salvadores and Military Chaplain César Lovaglio presided over a religious-military ceremony in remembrance of the regiment's dead during Operation Independence. Lovaglio in his homage would state that the operation was a "heroic deed of our glorious Argentine Army, which culminated in the total defeat of the enemy of the Fatherland: Marxism." | ||
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Revision as of 22:17, February 16, 2018
Retired colonel Carlos Carrizo Salvadores (born 7 August 1944) is a former company commander in the Argentinian 17th Airborne Infantry Regiment and later a police commandant in Jujuy Province of Argentina.
Early life
Carrizo Salvadores was born on 7 August 1944 in San Miguel de Tucumán and lived in Catamarca, as a child. He was educated at Colegio Belgrano.
Rosario chapel Massacre
Between August 10 and 12 in 1974, Captain Carlos Carrizo Salvadores took part in the gun-battles that later became known as the Masacre de Capilla del Rosario. Some 16 Marxist guerrillas of the People's Revolutionary Army (Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo or ERP) had planned to overrun the peacetime barracks of the 17th Airborne Infantry Regiment but were either killed in battle or executed for wearing Argentinian Army uniforms.
Falklands/Malvinas War
Major Carlos Carrizo Salvadores distinguished himself on 11-12 June 1982 when, as Second-in-Command of the 7th Mechanized Infantry Regiment, he defended Mount Longdon.
Later career
On December 7, 1987, Colonel Carrizo Salvadores was named commander of the 20th "Los Cazadores de los Andes" Infantry Regiment in San Salvador de Jujuy, replacing Colonel Fernando Marcelo Zarraga. On February 10, 1989, Carrizo Salvadores and Military Chaplain César Lovaglio presided over a religious-military ceremony in remembrance of the regiment's dead during Operation Independence. Lovaglio in his homage would state that the operation was a "heroic deed of our glorious Argentine Army, which culminated in the total defeat of the enemy of the Fatherland: Marxism."