About Armando Salgado
Lived 1938 – 2018 (aged 79). Armando Salgado was a Mexican photographer and journalist.
Armando Lenin Salgado Salgado (12 March 1938 – 14 April 2018) was a Mexican photographer and photojournalist who documented the social movements of the twentieth century in Mexico. He is the author of the most widespread images of the Corpus Christi massacre and the guerrillero Genaro Vázquez.
Began in the 60s photographing, in the Colombian jungle, the group Ejército de Liberación Nacional. On June 10, 1971 he photographed the Corpus Christi massacre, also called Halconazo, which led him being imprisoned and tortured for 10 days. His images were on the cover of Time magazine, Life, He died on 14 April 2018, of pancreatic cancer.
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Who was Armando Salgado?
Mexican photojournalist (1938-2018)
When was Armando Salgado born?
Armando Salgado was born on 12 May 1938 in Mexico City.
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Armando Salgado died on 14 April 2018 in Cuernavaca.
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Armando Salgado was a photographer and journalist.
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Armando Salgado was Mexican.
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