INR WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS OF DEVELOPMENTS IN HUMAN RIGHTS NO. 91, JANUARY 25, 1979 - 1979/01/25

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 01057213
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: January 25, 1979

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Bodies Washed Ashore. A number of decomposed and partially
dismembered bodies washed ashore in December on the Atlantic
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coast southeast of Buenos Aires, according to loca1 press
reports.. One press source placed the figure at 38. Representa-
tives of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, however, were told
� by an investigating judge that 17 bodies had been recovered,
� mostly young males. !Ione,' said the judge, has been identified.
During January, according to the' Embassy, several members
of the Mothers group filed habeas corpus petitionslrequesting
the judiciary to verify that neither the beached bodies nor the
victims of other recently reported incidents were their missing
children.
Representatives of the Permanent Assembly for Human Rights
have stated to the Embassy their belief that the bodies were
dumped in the ocean by aircraft operating out of a nearby naval
station (Punto Indio-about 100 miles southeast of Buenos Aires).
This is one of several reports that have reached the Embassy about
the alleged dumping of bodies in the ocean.
There were similar reports about bodies washing ashore in
February and March 1978. To the Embassy's knowledge, .none of NR
those bodies was identified. (CONFIDENTIAL, BuenoS Aires 0530,
January 19)
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