Tabaré Vázquez dismissed the defense minister and the leadership of the army of Uruguay

Tabaré Vázquez He resigned Monday from the Uruguayan army leadership after learning that members of the Court of Honor had not warned the justice of the peace of the murder of a member of the Tupamaros committed in 1973.

The President removed from office the Minister of Defense, Jorge Menéndez, at Deputy Minister Daniel Montiel and one three generals who formed the said court: the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, José González, the Chief of the Defense Staff, Alfredo Erramúnand General Gustavo Fajardo.

During the weekend, the newspaper El Observador published the minutes in which it was recorded that the death of Roberto Gomensoro he was a homicide and his body was thrown into a river, according to the testimony of Lt. Col. José Nino Gavazzo, who revealed details of the crime. Despite this, the court concluded that his actions were not an affront to honor.

The newspaper said that Vázquez was very angry for not having been warned of the content of the acts and confessions of Gavazzo.

The chief of the army, González, He was appointed to this position by Vazquez just ten days ago. The president did so after having in his possession the acts of the military court of justice in which Gavazzo, a recognized hangman under the military dictatorship (1973-1985), had admitted last year that it was he who had gotten rid of Gomensoro's body, and criticism of the government on all four sides for failing to draw the text from ordinary justice.

Even the prosecutor of the court (Minister of Justice), Jorge Diaz, announced this morning on his Twitter account that he had sent to the "Attorney General of Turno 13, all open source information regarding the failure to report the facts and circumstances of the homicide of Roberto Gomensoro Josman, reported to the court of honor of the prisoner José Gavazzo prisoner.

Vázquez approved the appointment of González as head of the army although the soldier entered the court of honor that held Gavazzo's conduct and did not pbad the antecedents to justice. The president had sacked the commander-in-chief of the army, Guido Manini Riversprecisely for criticizing the ordinary justice, according to the instructions of the Presidency itself.

The situation is a new scandal for Vázquez in his last year of management. The president had to see his vice president Raúl Sendic resign in 2017, then sued for embezzlement and abuse of office.

Gomensoro is considered the first disappeared of the Uruguayan dictatorship.