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Jorge Masetti | |
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Born | Jorge José Ricardo Masetti Blanco 31 May 1929 Avellaneda, Argentina |
Disappeared | 21 April 1964 (aged 34) Salta, Argentina |
Occupation | Journalist |
Years active | 1958–1961 |
Era | Cold War |
Organization | Prensa Latina |
Children | 1 |
Jorge José Ricardo Masetti Blanco (born 31 May 1929; disappeared 21 April 1964), also known as "Commander Segundo", was an Argentinean journalist and guerrilla leader. Born in Avellaneda, Masetti entered the jungle at Salta and after 21 April 1964 was not heard from again. He was the founder and the first director of the Cuban news agency Prensa Latina, and became the leader of one of Argentina's first guerrilla organizations, the Guevarist People's Guerrilla Army.