Manuel Ugarte Soto

Manuel Ugarte Soto
General Director of Carabineros de Chile
In office
27 November 1997 – 27 November 2001
PresidentEduardo Frei Ruíz-Tagle
(1994−2000)
Ricardo Lagos
(2000−2006)
Preceded byFernando Cordero Rusque
Succeeded byAlberto Cienfuegos
Personal details
Born1940 (1940)
Died (aged 83)
Alma mater
ProfessionPolice officer
Lawyer

Manuel Ugarte Soto (1940 – 19 February 2024) was a Chilean police officer and lawyer who served as General Director of Carabineros de Chile[1][2][3] during the periods of Eduardo Frei Ruíz-Tagle and Ricardo Lagos.[4]

Biography

Manuel Ugarte Soto was born in 1940. After completing his studies at the Liceo Barros Borgoño, he entered the Carabineros School. He graduated as a second lieutenant at the age of twenty. Ugarte Soto died on February 19, 2024, at the age of 83, being one of the most questioned generals in the Institution, whether for acts of corruption or for his despotic measures against officers and personnel of the institution. [1]

Works

  • Por verdes senderos del deber (2001; «By the green paths of the duty»)[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Ex generales directores de Carabineros se niegan a transparentar su sueldo mientras ejercían funciones". Resumen. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "General Ugarte lamentó no haber resuelto problemas de DD.HH". Radio Cooperativa. 9 November 2001. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Ex carabineros criticaron la gestión del general Ugarte". Radio Cooperativa. 27 November 2001. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "General Ugarte expresó frustraciones al dejar jefatura de Carabineros". Radio Cooperativa. 27 November 2001. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "Por los verdes senderos del deber. Prólogo José Luis Cea Egaña". Iberlibro. Retrieved 26 December 2021.