Career
Through his association with Herrera, Martínez became a major figure in Graham Greene"s 1984 book Getting to Know the General: The story of an involvement. Martínez was born in Nicaragua about 1930. Martínez became a Panamanian citizen and an aide to General Omar Torrijos Herrera, dictator of Panama from 1968 to 1981.
Martínez became known as "Sergeant Chuchu".
Through his association with Herrera, Martínez became a major figure in Graham Greene"s 1984 book Getting to Know the General: The story of an involvement. Martínez died, aged 61, in 1991.