INR WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS OF DEVELOPMENTS IN HUMAN RIGHTS NO. 123, SEPTEMBER 14, 1979 - 1979/09/14

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Keywords: HUMAN RIGHTS
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 01057244
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: September 14, 1979

EO 13526 3.3(b)(1)>25Yrs
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SENSITIVE ANNEX TO
INR WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS
OF DEVELOPMENTS IN HUMAN RIGHTS
No. 123, September 14, 1979
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LATIN AMERICA
Argentina
Alial,Ist Disappearances.
hthe basis for one plausible explanation of 10
unresolved disappearance cases that occurred during August.
The August figure not only was significantly higher than
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that for any month since January, but the disappearances
seemed to undercut Argentine claims to improvement in the
area precisely on the eve of the September 6-20 visit by
the Inter-American Human Rights Commission (IAHRC).
the 10
people were the remnants of a terrorist group (Fuerzas
Armadas Peronistas--FAP), and their arrests were ordered
by a federal criminal judge. The government,
intends to permit the IAHRC to waste time
investigating the cases and then produce the 10 in court
with the evidence against them. This version coincides
with a random remark by an Embassy Buenos Aires source in
late August to the effect that security agents had scored
a coup against the FAP.
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an army intel-
ligence officer's contention that those who disappeared
were Montoneros connected with a resurgence qf that terror-
ist aroup's activities in Argentina.
CONFIDENTIAL,
Buenos Aires 7200, August 31)
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INR Comment. Court appearances for the 10 have not
yet taken place, and we cannot otherwise confirm these
reports. Their plausibility stems from the fact that they
would help explain why disappearances became more frequent
immediately prior to the IAHRC's arrival. If those who were
kidnapped are, or are believed to be, associated with terror-
ist activities (FAP or Montonero), security officials might
well have detained them regardless of the predictable con-
sequences for the country's human rights record. This
course would have been even more likely if government
authorities really intend to initiate public court pro-
ceedings against the detainees in the near future.
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