Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova has suddenly passed away. He died at the age of 86 in San Salvador on December 21, 2023. He was the head of the Salvadoran National Guard between the years 1979 and 1983 and later served as the nation’s Minister of Defense between 1983 and 1989.

Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova Cause of death

Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova’s death was a result of a natural cause. There was no cause of death recorded at the time of his death. He died peacefully in San Salvador.

Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova obituary

Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova was born in 1937, in Santa Ana, El Salvador. His career began in the 1970s and retired in the 1980s.

Following his retirement, General Vides left El Salvador and moved to Florida in 1989 as a legal permanent resident and lived in Palm Coast.

After his first wife died, Vides married Lourdes Llach, daughter of a coffee baron, amateur astronomer, and former Salvadoran ambassador to the Holy See from 1977 to 1991 Prudencio Llach Schonenberg. He has three children namely María Gema Vides Meléndez, Marta Del Carmen Vides Demmer, and Geraldo Vides Meléndez.

Source: Ghanafuo.com