Raúl Pellegrin

Raúl Alejandro Pellegrin Friedmann (October 28, 1958 – October 30, 1988) was a Chilean communist. He was the founder and main leader of the Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front, in which he was well known as "Comandante José Miguel", "Rodrigo" or "Benjamín".

Born to Raúl Pellegrin Arias, of French descent, and Judith "Tita" Friedmann Volosky, of Russian-Jewish descent.

In 1976 his family moved to Cuba, where he pursued a career in medicine, but a few months later decided to leave college to take up a military career, joining the school Camilo Cienfuegos, dependent on Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR). There he lived with nearly one hundred Chilean military under the support of the government of Fidel Castro. From that school, Pellegrin graduated in late 1978 with the rank of lieutenant.

In early 1979 he decided to travel to Nicaragua to support the struggle of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), which sought to overthrow President Anastasio Somoza Debayle.

Pellegrin was found dead on October 30, 1988. His body was found floating in the Tinguiririca River. He was just 30.