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Hugo Spadafora Franco (September 6, 1940 – September 13, 1985) was a Panamanian physician and guerrilla fighter in Guinea-Bissau and Nicaragua. He criticized the military in Panama, which led to his murder by the government of Manuel Noriega in 1985. Biography
It erupted dramatically in September 1985 after the killing of one of the town's leading citizens, Dr. Hugo Spadafora, an outspoken critic of the military.
Hugo Spadafora was a bold and dashing figure, a well-known Panamanian physician who went off to fight in Nicaragua’s guerrilla wars. But last month, his adventures ended in a...
Hugo Spadafora Franco (Chitré, 6 de septiembre de 1940-provincia de Chiriquí, [1] 13 de septiembre de 1985) fue un médico panameño, convertido en guerrillero durante la guerra civil que llevó al triunfo de la Revolución Nicaragüense el 19 de julio de 1979, donde actuó como comandante militar y líder político de la Brigada ...
Apr 15, 1990 · PANAMA CITY, Panama -- Five years after his headless body was found stuffed in a U.S. mail bag on the Costa Rican border, the killing of Dr. Hugo Spadafora is at last under investigation.
Conoce la vida y obra de Hugo Spadafora, un héroe de la libertad que luchó en cuatro guerras en dos continentes. Descubre sus logros, sus ideales, su amor y su trágico final en esta página dedicada a su memoria.
Hugo Spadafora, a citizen of Panama, was a medical doctor who served as director of the Integrated Health System and later as Vice-Minister of Health until 1978 under the military government of General Omar Torrijos, then head of state in Panama.
