Raúl Pellegrin

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Pellegrin and the second or maternal family name is Friedmann.

Raúl Pellegrin
Nickname(s)	Comandante José Miguel Rodrigo
Born	(1958-10-28)October 28, 1958 Santiago, Chile
Died	30 October 1988(1988-10-30) (aged 30)
Allegiance	Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front
Years of service	1976-1988
Rank	Commander-in-Chief
Battles/wars	Nicaraguan Revolution Armed resistance in Chile

Raúl Alejandro Pellegrin Friedmann (October 28, 1958 – October 30, 1988) was a Chilean communist. He was the founder and main leader of the Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front, in which he was well known as "Comandante José Miguel", "Rodrigo" or "Benjamín".

Born to Raúl Pellegrin Arias, of French descent, and Judith "Tita" Friedmann Volosky, of Russian-Jewish descent.^[1]

In 1976 his family moved to Cuba, where he pursued a career in medicine, but a few months later decided to leave college to take up a military career, joining the school Camilo Cienfuegos, dependent on Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR). There he lived with nearly one hundred Chilean military under the support of the government of Fidel Castro. From that school, Pellegrin graduated in late 1978 with the rank of lieutenant .

In early 1979 he decided to travel to Nicaragua to support the struggle of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), which sought to overthrow President Anastasio Somoza Debayle.

Pellegrin was found dead on October 30, 1988. His body was found floating in the Tinguiririca River. He was just 30.

Raúl Pellegrin Afiche 1988

Raúl Pellegrin and Cecilia Magni

References

↑ Salvaje, Urbe (2014-02-25). "Judith Friedmann". URBESALVAJE. Retrieved 2016-05-25.

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