Roberto Quintanilla

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Quintanilla and the second or maternal family name is Pereira.
Roberto Quintanilla Pereira
Roberto Quintanilla (left) and Klaus Barbie, 1971.
Head of intelligence in the Bolivian interior ministry
PresidentRené Barrientos
Personal details
Born1928 (1928)
Died1 April 1971(1971-04-01) (aged 42–43)
Hamburg, West Germany
Manner of deathAssassination

Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Quintanilla Pereira (1928–1 April 1971) was a Bolivian intelligence officer. He was head of intelligence of the interior ministry of President René Barrientos, and in this role, he played a part in the 1967 capture and execution of Che Guevara. In 1969, Quintanilla was responsible for the torture and death of National Liberation Army of Bolivia (ELN) leader Guido "Inti" Peredo Leigue. Appointed as consul-general in Hamburg, he was assassinated by Monika Ertl in the consulate.

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