Cabo Anselmo | |
|---|---|
 Anselmo in 1964 | |
| Born | José Anselmo dos Santos 13 February 1942 |
| Died | 15 March 2022 (aged 80) Jundiaí, Brazil |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  Brazil |
| Service |  Brazilian Navy |
| Rank |  Corporal |
José Anselmo dos Santos (13 February 1942 – 15 March 2022),[1] known as Cabo Anselmo ("Corporal Anselmo"),[2] was a Brazilian military officer who was the leader of the Sailors' Revolt, which started the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état. Initially presenting himself in public as a military officer identified with Marxist ideas, he was in reality an undercover agent of the forces of repression of the military government, where he collected and provided the military with information that allowed them to capture guerrillas and leftist opponents, including his partner, Soledad Barrett Viedma, who, while pregnant, was brutally tortured and died in a military prison.[3]
- ^ "Morre Cabo Anselmo, agente duplo que atuou na ditadura, aos 80 anos". Metrópoles (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-03-16. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ^ Green, James N. (2018-09-14). Exile within Exiles: Herbert Daniel, Gay Brazilian Revolutionary. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-1-4780-0235-2.
- ^ "El regreso del viejo cabo Anselmo" [The return of the old Corporal Anselmo]. Página 12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 March 2022.