Cabo Anselmo
Brazilian military officer
José Anselmo dos Santos (13 February 1942 – 15 March 2022), known as Cabo Anselmo ("Corporal Anselmo"), was a Brazilian military officer. He was the leader of the Sailors' Revolt, which started the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état.[1]
Cabo Anselmo | |
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Born | José Anselmo dos Santos 13 February 1942 |
Died | 15 March 2022 Jundiaí, Brazil | (aged 80)
Allegiance | Brazil |
Service/branch | Brazilian Navy |
Rank | Corporal |
Anselmo died on 15 March 2022 at a hospital in Jundiaí, Brazil from problems caused by a kidney infection, one month after his 80th birthday.[2]
References
change- ↑ "El regreso del viejo cabo Anselmo" [The return of the old Corporal Anselmo]. Página 12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ↑ "Morre Cabo Anselmo, agente duplo que atuou na ditadura, aos 80 anos" [Cabo Anselmo, double agent who worked in the dictatorship, dies at 80]. Metrópoles (in Portuguese). 16 March 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.