Maria Auxiliadora Lara Barcelos

Maria Auxiliadora Lara Barcelos (Antônio Dias, March 25, 1945 - West Berlin, June 1, 1976) was a guerrilla member of the organization Vanguarda Armada Revolucionária Palmares – VAR-Palmares – who participated in the armed struggle against the military dictatorship installed in Brazil in 1964. On November 21, 1969, she was imprisoned and brutally tortured, being released in January 1971 and sent to Chile after the swiss ambassador Giovanni Bucher was kidnapped by the armed guerrilla VPR which damanded that political prisoners were set free in exchange for the ambassador's life. She died by suicide in 1976.

Other name:

Dôra,

Dodora,

Maria Lara Barcellos

Gender:

Female

Birthday:

Feb 25, 1945

Deathday:

1 thg 6, 1976

Place of birth:

Minas Gerais, Brazil