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Witness History: Carlos Lamarca: From army captain to Brazil's 'most wanted'

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Carlos Lamarca: From army captain to Brazil's 'most wanted'

27/05/2024 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Carlos Lamarca: From army captain to Brazil's 'most wanted'

Hero or traitor? Carlos Lamarca deserted the Brazilian army to fight the military regime

In 1971, former army captain Carlos Lamarca was shot dead by Brazil's military regime. His friend and fellow freedom fighter, João Salgado Lopes, looks back on his final moments.

In 1964, João Goulart, the president of Brazil, was overthrown in a military coup. 

In the repression which followed, hundreds of people were disappeared or killed, and many more detained and tortured. 

Carlos Lamarca was a captain who deserted the army and joined in the armed struggle against the military regime. He was shot dead in 1971. 

His friend and fellow fighter, João Salgado Lopes, tells Vicky Farncombe about their time together hiding in the Caatinga, the Brazilian outback. 

(Photo: Wanted poster of Carlos Lamarca. Credit: Memories of the Dictatorship)

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