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Carlos Soria

Carlos Ernesto Soria (March 1, 1949 – January 1, 2012) was an Argentine lawyer and Justicialist Party politician who served as governor of Río Negro Province from December 10, 2011 until his assassination.

Carlos Soria
Soria in 1995.
Governor of Río Negro
In office
December 10, 2011 – January 1, 2012
LieutenantAlberto Weretilneck
Preceded byMiguel Saiz
Succeeded byAlberto Weretilneck
Mayor of General Roca
In office
December 10, 2003 – December 9, 2011
Preceded byMiguel Saiz
Succeeded byMartín Soria
Secretary of State Intelligence
In office
January 2, 2002 – July 10, 2002
Preceded byCarlos Sargnese
Succeeded byMiguel Ángel Toma
National Deputy
In office
December 10, 1999 – January 2, 2002
ConstituencyBuenos Aires
Minister of Justice and Security of Buenos Aires Province
In office
September 21, 1999 – December 10, 1999
Preceded byOsvaldo Lorenzo
Succeeded byAldo Rico
National Deputy
In office
December 10, 1983 – September 21, 1999
ConstituencyRío Negro
Personal details
Born(1949-03-01)March 1, 1949[1]
Bahía Blanca, Argentina
DiedJanuary 1, 2012(2012-01-01) (aged 62)
General Roca, Río Negro, Argentina
Political partyJusticialist Party/Front for Victory
SpouseSusana Freydoz
ChildrenMartín, María Emilia, Germán, Carlos
Alma materUniversity of Buenos Aires
ProfessionLawyer

Early life and career edit

Soria was born in Bahía Blanca in 1949, and was raised in a nearby rural town, General Daniel Cerri. His father, Ernesto Soria, was an outspoken Peronist, and was arrested shortly after the 1955 coup against President Juan Perón. Following his release several months later, the Sorias relocated to Bariloche. The elder Soria was again arrested amid a crackdown on Peronist protests during a state visit to Bariloche by U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower in March 1959, and was imprisoned in Bahía Blanca. He was released in April 1962 and the family settled in General Roca, Río Negro, where they opened a neighborhood store.[2]

Carlos Soria enrolled at the University of Buenos Aires, earning a law degree in 1973. Elections that March returned Peronists to power, and Soria was elected to the local Justicialist Party (JP) chapter. He was later elected to the Provincial Council of the JP, and upon the return of democracy in 1983, won a seat in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies.[2]

Tenure in Congress edit

Soria would be elected to Congress for four consecutive terms, becoming Chairman of the Constitutional Affairs Committee. He also served in the Justice, Impeachments, and Money Laundering committees; chaired the joint committee investigating the 1992 Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires and the 1994 AMIA bombing (the two most significant acts of Islamic terrorism in Argentine history);[3] and served in the Council of Magistracy of the Nation.[4]

Soria shared President Carlos Menem's opposition to trials opened in 1996 in Spanish courts against Dirty War perpetrators by Judge Baltasar Garzón, and personally led a delegation to protest these trials; when Judge Garzón turned the tables on the delegation by calling them to testify, they returned, however, creating an embarrassing diplomatic incident.[5] He later presented a bill to restrict rights and toughen sentences for those accused of violent crime, as well as another which would have granted congressional immunity to all members in perpetuity; both bills were defeated.[5]

Soria would later be indicted for obstruction of justice in his capacity as Chair of the Joint Committee on the AMIA bombing, and though he was cleared of all charges, the Río Negro PJ dropped him from their party list ahead of the 1999 elections.[5] Soria was then offered a place in the Buenos Aires Province PJ list for Congress by Governor Eduardo Duhalde. Shortly before the October 1999 elections, moreover, Duhalde appointed Soria as Provincial Minister of Justice. His appointment took place on the heels of the September 16 Ramallo massacre, a botched Provincial Police intervention during an armed bank robbery that resulted in the deaths of two hostages.[6] Soria promptly released hitherto sequestered police files relating to the case which confirmed that the robbery, as well as the deaths of all robbers and hostages alike, had been orchestrated by Provincial Police officers.[7]

Remaining on the electoral list for National Deputies, Soria took his seat in Congress in December representing the Province of Buenos Aires. He became among the leading congressional opponents of President Fernando de la Rúa's austerity package, scuttling a 2000 decree which would have cut public sector salaries (this ultimately took place the following year).[8] President de la Rúa's resignation in December 2001, and the subsequent Congressional designation of Duhalde as provisional president resulted in Soria's appointment as Secretary of State Intelligence (SIDE) in January 2002.[3]

Tenure at State Intelligence edit

Taking office, as President Duhalde did, amid widespread protest, Soria's tenure at SIDE would eventually be marred by a June 26 incident in which two piqueteros, Maximiliano Kosteki and Darío Santillán, were shot in the back in Avellaneda by Provincial Police officers. SIDE had produced intelligence reports stating that the overthrow of the national government had been openly advocated in piqueteros' assemblies, and that these were attended by the extremist group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).[5] Phone conversations between minutes before the assassinations between a policeman implicated in the incident and the Undersecretary of Intelligence at the time, Oscar Rodríguez, proved SIDE involvement in the tragedy in subsequent trials.[9]

Fallout from this incident was compounded by allegations made by Senator Cristina Fernández de Kirchner that SIDE personnel were spying on her husband, Santa Cruz Governor Néstor Kirchner, who had recently declared his intention to run for President the following year.[5] These controversies, and Soria's own plans to run for Governor of the Province of Río Negro, prompted his resignation from SIDE in July. He was narrowly defeated in provincial elections in August 2003 by UCR candidate Miguel Saiz,[10] though in elections held later in 2003, Soria narrowly won the election for mayor of the city of General Roca (the largest in the province).[2] Duhalde and Soria continued to face charges in court related to the 2002 deaths. Soria declared at trial in 2005 that "democracy works with order, and we needed to establish order";[11] both men were cleared of all charges.[5]

Return to Río Negro edit

Soria was overwhelmingly reelected as mayor of General Roca in 2007, garnering 73% of the vote.[2] He clinched the Justicialist Party nomination for Governor of Río Negro in 2011, and ran with the support of the Front for Victory (FpV) faction of the party despite his long-standing alliance with the FpV's main rival, Duhalde. Soria's principal opponent in the race, UCR nominee César Barbeito, also professed his support of the FpV's standard-bearer, President Cristina Kirchner. The president formally endorsed Soria despite their past differences, however, while maintaining her distance from both candidates.[5] Soria was elected governor in September with 51% of the vote, besting Barbeito by nearly 14%.[12]

Death edit

Soria died on January 1, 2012, during the new year celebrations with his family at his farm near General Roca. He was shot in the face with a .38 caliber weapon at around 5 am, and was moved immediately to a nearby hospital, where he died minutes later.[13] The police didn't determine initially whether the death was caused by an accident or foul play; his wife was held for further questioning.[13][14] He received a private funeral.[13] His widow was charged with first-degree murder on January 19, 2012.[15]

Vice-governor Alberto Weretilneck succeeded Soria as governor. Weretilneck considered calling new elections, despite provisions in the Constitution of Río Negro Province that would allow him to complete the remainder of Soria's term.[13] He however chose not to call new elections and was reelected in 2015.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Carlos Soria, un político de raza" (in Spanish). Río Negro.
  2. ^ a b c d (in Spanish). Soria/Weretilneck 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-10-03.
  3. ^ a b "Quién es Carlos Soria, candidato K en Río Negro" (in Spanish). Agencia de Noticias CNA.
  4. ^ "Actualidad". La Nación (in Spanish).
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "La vergüenza de haber sido" (in Spanish). Página/12.
  6. ^ "Asumió Soria y el gobernador elogió a la policía bonaerense". La Nación (in Spanish).
  7. ^ . La Nación (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-08-30. Retrieved 2011-12-11.
  8. ^ "Secretos desvelos de Carlos Ruckauf". La Nación (in Spanish).
  9. ^ . Masacre Avellaneda. Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2011-12-11.
  10. ^ (in Spanish). Atlas Electoral de Andy Tow. Archived from the original on 2011-11-08.
  11. ^ "500 veces se probó esta cobardía" (in Spanish). Página/12.
  12. ^ . Atlas Electoral de Andy Tow. Archived from the original on 2011-11-08.
  13. ^ a b c d "Tras un confuso episodio, murió el gobernador de Río Negro, Carlos Soria". La Nación (in Spanish).
  14. ^ "Argentinian governor Carlos Soria shot dead". The Guardian. London. January 1, 2012.
  15. ^ La viuda de Soria, imputada de homicidio doblemente agravado 2012-01-22 at the Wayback Machine Télam, 19 January 2012 (in Spanish)

External links edit

  • Official website of Río Negro Province
Government offices
Preceded by
Carlos Sergnese
Secretary of Intelligence
2002
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Governor of Río Negro Province
December 9, 2011 – January 1, 2012
Succeeded by

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For the Spanish mountain climber see Carlos Soria Fontan Carlos Ernesto Soria March 1 1949 January 1 2012 was an Argentine lawyer and Justicialist Party politician who served as governor of Rio Negro Province from December 10 2011 until his assassination Carlos SoriaSoria in 1995 Governor of Rio NegroIn office December 10 2011 January 1 2012LieutenantAlberto WeretilneckPreceded byMiguel SaizSucceeded byAlberto WeretilneckMayor of General RocaIn office December 10 2003 December 9 2011Preceded byMiguel SaizSucceeded byMartin SoriaSecretary of State IntelligenceIn office January 2 2002 July 10 2002Preceded byCarlos SargneseSucceeded byMiguel Angel TomaNational DeputyIn office December 10 1999 January 2 2002ConstituencyBuenos AiresMinister of Justice and Security of Buenos Aires ProvinceIn office September 21 1999 December 10 1999Preceded byOsvaldo LorenzoSucceeded byAldo RicoNational DeputyIn office December 10 1983 September 21 1999ConstituencyRio NegroPersonal detailsBorn 1949 03 01 March 1 1949 1 Bahia Blanca ArgentinaDiedJanuary 1 2012 2012 01 01 aged 62 General Roca Rio Negro ArgentinaPolitical partyJusticialist Party Front for VictorySpouseSusana FreydozChildrenMartin Maria Emilia German CarlosAlma materUniversity of Buenos AiresProfessionLawyer Contents 1 Early life and career 2 Tenure in Congress 3 Tenure at State Intelligence 4 Return to Rio Negro 5 Death 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksEarly life and career editSoria was born in Bahia Blanca in 1949 and was raised in a nearby rural town General Daniel Cerri His father Ernesto Soria was an outspoken Peronist and was arrested shortly after the 1955 coup against President Juan Peron Following his release several months later the Sorias relocated to Bariloche The elder Soria was again arrested amid a crackdown on Peronist protests during a state visit to Bariloche by U S President Dwight Eisenhower in March 1959 and was imprisoned in Bahia Blanca He was released in April 1962 and the family settled in General Roca Rio Negro where they opened a neighborhood store 2 Carlos Soria enrolled at the University of Buenos Aires earning a law degree in 1973 Elections that March returned Peronists to power and Soria was elected to the local Justicialist Party JP chapter He was later elected to the Provincial Council of the JP and upon the return of democracy in 1983 won a seat in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies 2 Tenure in Congress editSoria would be elected to Congress for four consecutive terms becoming Chairman of the Constitutional Affairs Committee He also served in the Justice Impeachments and Money Laundering committees chaired the joint committee investigating the 1992 Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires and the 1994 AMIA bombing the two most significant acts of Islamic terrorism in Argentine history 3 and served in the Council of Magistracy of the Nation 4 Soria shared President Carlos Menem s opposition to trials opened in 1996 in Spanish courts against Dirty War perpetrators by Judge Baltasar Garzon and personally led a delegation to protest these trials when Judge Garzon turned the tables on the delegation by calling them to testify they returned however creating an embarrassing diplomatic incident 5 He later presented a bill to restrict rights and toughen sentences for those accused of violent crime as well as another which would have granted congressional immunity to all members in perpetuity both bills were defeated 5 Soria would later be indicted for obstruction of justice in his capacity as Chair of the Joint Committee on the AMIA bombing and though he was cleared of all charges the Rio Negro PJ dropped him from their party list ahead of the 1999 elections 5 Soria was then offered a place in the Buenos Aires Province PJ list for Congress by Governor Eduardo Duhalde Shortly before the October 1999 elections moreover Duhalde appointed Soria as Provincial Minister of Justice His appointment took place on the heels of the September 16 Ramallo massacre a botched Provincial Police intervention during an armed bank robbery that resulted in the deaths of two hostages 6 Soria promptly released hitherto sequestered police files relating to the case which confirmed that the robbery as well as the deaths of all robbers and hostages alike had been orchestrated by Provincial Police officers 7 Remaining on the electoral list for National Deputies Soria took his seat in Congress in December representing the Province of Buenos Aires He became among the leading congressional opponents of President Fernando de la Rua s austerity package scuttling a 2000 decree which would have cut public sector salaries this ultimately took place the following year 8 President de la Rua s resignation in December 2001 and the subsequent Congressional designation of Duhalde as provisional president resulted in Soria s appointment as Secretary of State Intelligence SIDE in January 2002 3 Tenure at State Intelligence editTaking office as President Duhalde did amid widespread protest Soria s tenure at SIDE would eventually be marred by a June 26 incident in which two piqueteros Maximiliano Kosteki and Dario Santillan were shot in the back in Avellaneda by Provincial Police officers SIDE had produced intelligence reports stating that the overthrow of the national government had been openly advocated in piqueteros assemblies and that these were attended by the extremist group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia FARC 5 Phone conversations between minutes before the assassinations between a policeman implicated in the incident and the Undersecretary of Intelligence at the time Oscar Rodriguez proved SIDE involvement in the tragedy in subsequent trials 9 Fallout from this incident was compounded by allegations made by Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner that SIDE personnel were spying on her husband Santa Cruz Governor Nestor Kirchner who had recently declared his intention to run for President the following year 5 These controversies and Soria s own plans to run for Governor of the Province of Rio Negro prompted his resignation from SIDE in July He was narrowly defeated in provincial elections in August 2003 by UCR candidate Miguel Saiz 10 though in elections held later in 2003 Soria narrowly won the election for mayor of the city of General Roca the largest in the province 2 Duhalde and Soria continued to face charges in court related to the 2002 deaths Soria declared at trial in 2005 that democracy works with order and we needed to establish order 11 both men were cleared of all charges 5 Return to Rio Negro editSoria was overwhelmingly reelected as mayor of General Roca in 2007 garnering 73 of the vote 2 He clinched the Justicialist Party nomination for Governor of Rio Negro in 2011 and ran with the support of the Front for Victory FpV faction of the party despite his long standing alliance with the FpV s main rival Duhalde Soria s principal opponent in the race UCR nominee Cesar Barbeito also professed his support of the FpV s standard bearer President Cristina Kirchner The president formally endorsed Soria despite their past differences however while maintaining her distance from both candidates 5 Soria was elected governor in September with 51 of the vote besting Barbeito by nearly 14 12 Death editSoria died on January 1 2012 during the new year celebrations with his family at his farm near General Roca He was shot in the face with a 38 caliber weapon at around 5 am and was moved immediately to a nearby hospital where he died minutes later 13 The police didn t determine initially whether the death was caused by an accident or foul play his wife was held for further questioning 13 14 He received a private funeral 13 His widow was charged with first degree murder on January 19 2012 15 Vice governor Alberto Weretilneck succeeded Soria as governor Weretilneck considered calling new elections despite provisions in the Constitution of Rio Negro Province that would allow him to complete the remainder of Soria s term 13 He however chose not to call new elections and was reelected in 2015 See also editList of secretaries of intelligence of ArgentinaReferences edit Carlos Soria un politico de raza in Spanish Rio Negro a b c d La trayectoria de Carlos Soria in Spanish Soria Weretilneck 2011 Archived from the original on 2011 10 03 a b Quien es Carlos Soria candidato K en Rio Negro in Spanish Agencia de Noticias CNA Actualidad La Nacion in Spanish a b c d e f g La verguenza de haber sido in Spanish Pagina 12 Asumio Soria y el gobernador elogio a la policia bonaerense La Nacion in Spanish Participaron policias en la banda de Ramallo La Nacion in Spanish Archived from the original on 2021 08 30 Retrieved 2011 12 11 Secretos desvelos de Carlos Ruckauf La Nacion in Spanish The politicians responsible for the massacre Masacre Avellaneda Archived from the original on 2012 02 05 Retrieved 2011 12 11 Gobernador de Rio Negro 2003 in Spanish Atlas Electoral de Andy Tow Archived from the original on 2011 11 08 500 veces se probo esta cobardia in Spanish Pagina 12 Gobernador de Rio Negro 2011 Atlas Electoral de Andy Tow Archived from the original on 2011 11 08 a b c d Tras un confuso episodio murio el gobernador de Rio Negro Carlos Soria La Nacion in Spanish Argentinian governor Carlos Soria shot dead The Guardian London January 1 2012 La viuda de Soria imputada de homicidio doblemente agravado Archived 2012 01 22 at the Wayback Machine Telam 19 January 2012 in Spanish External links editOfficial website of Rio Negro Province Soria Weretilneck 2011Government officesPreceded byCarlos Sergnese Secretary of Intelligence2002 Succeeded byMiguel Angel TomaPolitical officesPreceded byMiguel Saiz Governor of Rio Negro ProvinceDecember 9 2011 January 1 2012 Succeeded byAlberto Weretilneck Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Carlos Soria amp oldid 1185410180, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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