About Juan José Torres
Juan José Torres González (5 March 1920 – 2 June 1976) was a Bolivian socialist politician and military leader who served as the 50th president of Bolivia from 1970 to 1971, when he was ousted in a coup that resulted in the dictatorship of Hugo Banzer. He was popularly known as "J.J." (Jota-Jota). He went into exile in Argentina. Torres was assassinated in 1976 in Buenos Aires, likely by agents associated with the Argentine regime of Jorge Rafael Videla. It has also been alleged that it was done with acquiescence of Hugo Banzer as part of Operation Condor. In 1970, Torres attended a conference of the Non-Aligned Movement, a first for a Bolivian leader. Torres became one of the more left-leaning officers in the Bolivian military, urging Ovando to enact more far-reaching reforms and to stand up to the more conservative officers. Juan José Torres was murdered in 1976 in Buenos Aires, in the frame of the United States-backed campaign Operation Condor.
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