Jorge Cepernic (23 February 1915 – 18 July 2010) was an

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and

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of Santa Cruz Province between 1973 and 1974. In 1974, during

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's term in office, he was removed from office. Afterwards, he was given a five-year jail sentence at the Magdalena jail for allowing the filming of

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during his tenure in office. He was then forced into house arrest with his family in their farm nearby

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. One day he escaped and managed to arrive to a police station, where he waited for the chief of police and asked him to have him removed from his house arrest and sent to a prison so that his family would not be victims of his sentence. On 18 July 2010, Jorge died in his house in Río Gallegos after a long illness at the age of 95. The Santa Cruz governor

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declared provincial mourning for three days.DUELO PROVINCIAL

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1915 births 2010 deaths People from Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz Argentine people of Croatian descent Governors of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina {{argentina-politician-stub