Miro Barešić
| Miro Barešić | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Miroslav Barešić |
| Born |
10 September 1950 Šibenik, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Died | 31 July 1991 (aged 40) Miranje Donje, Croatia |
| Resting place | Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb, Croatia |
| Other names | Toni Šarić, Tony Favik |
| Organization | Croatian National Resistance |
| Movement | Croatian nationalism |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Croatia |
| Service/branch | Croatian National Guard |
| Years of service | 1991 |
| Rank | Major (posthumously) |
| Battles/wars | Croatian War of Independence |
Miro Barešić (10 September 1950 – 31 July 1991) was a Yugoslav-Croatian émigré who was imprisoned on terrorism charges and convicted in the 1971 murder of a Yugoslav diplomat, Vladimir Rolović. He later served as a soldier in Paraguay and in the Croatian National Guard in 1991.
In 1969 Barešić was sentenced to six months in prison in Yugoslavia for avoiding military service, after which he left the country and joined the Croatian National Resistance movement. In 1971 he was convicted of the murder of Vladimir Rolović, Yugoslav ambassador to Sweden and former commander of the Goli Otok prison. He was released in 1972 as part of the conditions and demands by Croatian hijackers of a Swedish domestic flight. He lived for several years in Paraguay under a false identity. In 1980, he was extradited to Sweden and served seven years of his remaining sentence for the Rolović murder, until 1987. Four years later, when the Croatian War of Independence began, he joined the Croatian National Guard, where he was killed in action in July 1991.
Miro Barešić was born on 10 September 1950 in Šibenik, People's Republic of Croatia, part of Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. In 1968, as was required by any 18-year-old, Barešić was called to attend military service in the Yugoslav People's Army. He refused for political reasons to perform mandatory military service and was sentenced to six months in Goli Otok prison. In 1969, after the completion of his prison term, he left Yugoslavia for Italy where he was linked with members of the Croatian National Resistance movement, who assisted him. In Sweden, Barešić associated with people connected with the Croatian National Resistance and other Croatian extreme nationalists. He helped start a new organization, The Black Legion (Croatian: Crna Legija) in Sweden, to serve as a base for actions against Yugoslavia.
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