Avelino Arredondo

Avelino Arredondo is the name of a story by the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges that makes up The Sand Book, a collection of stories and stories published in 1975. It is also the name of the assassin of the Uruguayan president Juan Idiarte Borda (August 25, 1897).

This is the eleventh story in that volume. Also published in "Complete Works III", (Emece, p. 62-65).

The story tells a fictional story about the assassination of Juan Idiarte Borda, President of Uruguay, which occurred on August 25, 1897, at the hands of Avelino Arredondo, focusing especially on the days before and the preparation of the crime.