José Nino Gavazzo

José Nino Gavazzo (2 October 1939 – 26 June 2021) was a Uruguayan army colonel. He was a member of the Servicio de Información y Defensa (SID).

Biography
Gavazzo was chief of the Uruguayan branch of Operation Condor and took part in the forced disappearance of the stepdaughter of Juan Gelman in Germany. Under the government of Tabaré Vázquez, he was convicted of the illegal transfer of people kidnapped in Argentina and detained in a clandestine detention center.

José Nino Gavazzo died from a stroke in Montevideo on 26 June 2021 at the age of 81.