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- Birth nameJuan Salvador Guzmán Tapia
- Juan Guzmán Tapia was born in San Salvador, El Salvador, on April 22, 1939. The only son of chilean diplomat, poet and author Juan Guzmán Cruchaga and Raquel Tapia Caballero, he has chilean nationality, though he spent his childhood in Colombia, Venezuela and USA, due to his father's work as consul. Of Basque descent, he studied law at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, and obtain a scholarship to study law philosophy in Paris, France. There he witnessed the May 1968 events in France, and meet his wife, Inés Watine. He returned to Chile in August, 1970 to work as a judge in Panguipulli. He is fluent in french, so he got a small role as a uruguayan journalist in Costa-Gavras film State of Siege (1972), filmed in Chile. As a catholic, he didn't support President Salvador Allende, though Judge Juan Guzmán Tapia is notorious for his life work on bringing justice to the victims of human right violations during Augusto Pinochet military dictatorship, trying in various occasions to prosecute Pinochet himself.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Bulma PunkRocker
- Juan Guzmán Tapia is a retired Chilean judge. Guzmán was born into a Chilean diplomatic family in San Salvador, El Salvador. His father was Juan Guzmán Cruchaga. He is of Basque descent. He studied Law at the University of Chile and did postgraduate studies in Paris. He began his judicial career in 1970 and was a member of the Santiago Appeals Court. Guzmán retired in 2005.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Bazza the Beast
- SpouseInés Watine(1970 - present) (his death, 2 children)
- Son of author Juan Guzmán Cruchaga (1895-1979) and nephew of pianist Arnaldo Tapia Caballero.
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