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Cesar Mendoza
General Cesar Leonidas Mendoza Duran was a member of the Government Junta that ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990, representing the police force (Carabineros de Chile).
Mendoza was born in Santiago, the son of Atilio Mendoza Valdebenito, a science teacher and first mayor of La Cisterna, and Amalia Duran, a pianist. He was the youngest of 11 children. A noted horseman, he won a silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics Games in Helsinki, as a part of the show jumping team.
In 1973, after being contacted by General Gustavo Leigh just a day before (September 10), he joined the ...
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