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Gustavo Leigh
Air General Gustavo Leigh Guzman was a Chilean general, who represented the Air Force in the Government Junta that ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990.
He was born in Santiago, son of Hernan Leigh Banados and Laura Guzman Cea. After a brilliant career, President Salvador Allende named him commander-in-chief of the Air Force on August 17, 1973. However, Leigh was the first to sign the coup document, drafted by Vice Admiral Jose Toribio Merino, to depose Allende.
Leigh quickly emerged as the toughest member in the four-man military junta. Just hours after the coup, Leigh vowed that the military would ...
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