Jesús Héctor Gallego Herrera (died June 1971) was a Colombian Roman Catholic priest who was kidnapped and killed in Panama following his opposition to the Panamanian military ruler Omar Torrijos.
Gallego organized peasant cooperatives in Santa Fé District of Panama's Veraguas Province, where his work angered both landowners and officials of the ruling National Guard.
The trial led to a national debate in Panama over the reputation of Torrijos, who was popularly seen by some as a benevolent dictator.
[1] In December 2000, human remains were discovered at a Panamanian National Guard base, incorrectly believed to be Gallego's.
President Mireya Moscoso appointed a Truth Commission to investigate the site and those at other bases.