[SANITIZED]NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DAILY WEDNESDAY JULY 21, 1976 - 1976/07/21

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 03004045
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: July 21, 1976

WEDNESDAY JULY 21, 1976
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4 WEDNESDAY JULY 21, 1976
THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DAILY
ARGENTINA
Anti-terrorist Campaign
The death of Argentine guerrilla leader
Roberto Santucho and six of his com-
rades has dealt a serious blow to the
People's Revolutionary Army, the
terrorist group that the military has been
pursuing for more than a year.
The cadre of terrorists that remains,
however, will probably continue its in-
discriminate violence.
Santucho, along with one of his chief
lieutenants, was killed Monday when
army troops stormed a hideout near
Buenos Aires. The other five terrorists
were killed in a later operation. Earlier
this month, another leader was killed in a
similar raid.
Several months ago, captured
documents revealed that the organization
was in deep trouble. At that time, 240
members had been killed by government
forces and 800 were in prison. The
organization's treasury, once estimated in
the millions of dollars, was said to have
dwindled to about $100,000.
The other major guerrilla organization,
the Montoneros, has suffered com-
paratively little damage during the army's
counterterrorist campaign. Security
forces have confiscated a large quantity of
weapons, but the organization remains
viable, well-armed, and committed.
The serious reverses suffered by the
People's Revolutionary Army may force
the remnants of the group to link up with
the Montoneros, advocates of a broad-
based "National Liberation Front." Past
efforts to create such an alliance have
failed.
The government badly needed a success
against the insurgents both to mollify
right-wing critics within the military and
to demonstrate to the Argentine people
that it can handle the terrorist problem.
There are signs that Argentines are fed
up with the terrorists and are beginning to
inform police about suspected terrorists
and hideouts. Santucho's death should en-
courage further cooperation and increase
the momentum of the government's cam-
paign against all terrorists.
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