Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra

Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈkaʁlws awˈbɛʁtw bɾˈjʎɐ̃t(ʃ)j ˈustɾɐ]; 28 July 1932 – 15 October 2015) was a Brazilian army officer, politician and torturer who served as a colonel in the Brazilian Army.

Brilhante Ustra
Ustra in 2013
Personal details
Born
Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra

(1932-07-28)28 July 1932
Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Died15 October 2015(2015-10-15) (aged 83)
Brasília, Brazil
Military service
Nickname(s)Dr. Tibiriçá
Allegiance Brazil
Branch/service Brazilian Army
Rank Colonel
Commands

Biography

Born in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Ustra was the head of the DOI-CODI, an investigation division of the Second Army from 1970 to 1974. He became known by the codename Dr. Tibiriçá. While head of DOI-CODI, 47 people officially died, although further investigation attributed 502 tortures to the division under his administration.

In 2008, Ustra became the first military official to be recognized, by a civil court in São Paulo, as a torturer during the dictatorship. He continued to be politically active in military clubs, in defense of the military dictatorship and anticommunist critics.[1]

He died at the age of 83 on 15 October 2015 of pneumonia caused by multiple organ failure after several weeks in hospital in Brasília.[2]

Legacy

In 17 April 2016, during the voting of the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff in the Chamber of Deputies, Ustra was praised by deputy and future president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro (PSC) in his discourse, calling him as "the dread of Dilma Rousseff".[3]

In 8 August 2019 Jair Bolsonaro (PSL), now president of Brazil, called him a "national hero who prevented Brazil from fall into that the left-wing wants today".[4]

References
  1. "Juiz condena coronel Ustra por seqüestro e tortura". Order of Attorneys of Brazil (in Portuguese). 10 October 2008. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  2. Amorim, Felipe. "Morre coronel Ustra, ex-chefe do DOI-Codi durante a ditadura". UOL. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  3. Basileia, Mariana Della Barba e Marina Wentzel Da BBC Brasil em São Paulo e da. "Discurso de Bolsonaro deixa ativistas 'estarrecidos' e leva OAB a pedir sua cassação". BBC News Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  4. "Bolsonaro chama coronel Brilhante Ustra de 'herói nacional'". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-07-25.


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