Death of General Rafael Hoyos Rubio in plane crash
Gen. Rafael Hoyos Rubio dies in plane crash, precipitates changes in Army command
Brigadier General Rafael Hoyos Rubio, top commander of the EP, died in a plane crash. This precipitates a period of semi-annual successions in the General Command of the EP that was not foreseen until 1983. EP Major General Otto Elespuru Revoredo assumed the top command of the EP for the following six months.