Boris Martínez

{{Short description|Panamanian military officer}}

{{family name hatnote|Martínez|Salazar|lang=Spanish}}

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Boris Néstor Martínez Salazar was a Panamanian military officer of the former National Guard. He spearheaded the 1968 Panamanian coup d'état, which overthrew president-elect Arnulfo Arias Madrid, who had only been in office for eleven days.

A few months after the coup, on 23 February 1969, he was exiled to the United States by Omar Torrijos. He settled in Miami and worked for an aviation company.{{cite web|URL=https://portal.critica.com.pa/archivo/092399/opiayer.html|title=Colonel Boris Martinez, the main manager of the 1968 coup|language=es|access-date=11 October 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.laestrella.com.pa/nacional/181011/191003-boris-moral-cruzada-martinez|title=La cruzada moral de Boris Martínez|language=es|trans-title=Boris Martínez's moral crusade|first=Mónica|last= Guardia|work=La Estrella de Panamá|date=10 March 2019|accessdate=20 February 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.laestrella.com.pa/nacional/181011/191003-boris-moral-cruzada-martinez|title=The mini coup against Boris Martínez, four months later...|first=Mónica|last= Guardia|work=La Estrella de Panamá|date=16 October 2016|accessdate=20 February 2023}}