Early Life
Carlos Lamarca was born on October 23, 1937 in the city of Rio de Janeiro. In 1955, he joined the Preparatory School of Military Cadets in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. Two years later he was transferred to the Military Academy of Agulhas Negras in Resende, Rio de Janeiro, in which he graduated as one of the lower ranking cadets of his class, being the 46th placer out of a class of 57 cadets (1960).
Lamarca was a member of the United Nations Peacekeeping forces in Gaza during the Suez War. He later returned to Brazil, where he supported the military coup. In 1967, he was promoted to Captain. In 1969, he deserted from the Army to join VPR, stealing in the process a truck full of military equipment with him.
The theft of the armament was organized and carried out by him and by Sargent Darcy Rodrigues, who supposedly convinced Lamarca to join VPR. Also participated in this operation corporal Mariani and soldier Roberto Zanirato, later murdered under torture in DOI-CODI.
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