Juan Enrique Lira Explained

Juan Enrique Lira
Birth Date:	27 October 1927
Birth Place:	Santiago, Chile
Sport:	Sports shooting
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Juan Enrique Lira (27 October 1927  - 12 March 2007) was a Chilean sports shooter. He competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Lira later became a photo editor for the Santiago newspaper El Mercurio and was working allowed into the Chilean presidential palace, "La Moneda" after the coup d'état of September 11, 1973 overthrew President Salvador Allende. Lira was the first to tell reporters after the coup that Allende and the presidential press secretary had shot themselves to death as Chilean troops were preparing to storm the building. ^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Juan Enrique Lira . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418082554/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/juan-enrique-lira-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 12 July 2015 . Sports Reference.
2. "Military Seizes Power in Chile; Allende Reportedly Kills Self" ("Juan Enrique Lira, photo editor for the newspaper El Mercurio, who was permitted inside the palace later, said Allende and his press secretary shot themselves to death as the troops closed in."), UPI report in, Los Angeles Times, September 12, 1973, p.I-1