ARGENTINA: KILLING OF FEDERAL POLICE CHIEF - 1976/06/18

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06628110
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: June 18, 1976

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SUBJECT: ARGENTINA: KILLING OF FEDERAL POLICE CHIEF
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TH, KILLING OF FEDERAL POLICE CHIEF BRIG. GENERAL CESAREO
CARDOSO YESTERDAY IS A SERIOUS BLOW TO POLICE AND SECURITY
OFFICIALS, A NUMBER OF WHOM HAVE RECENTLY COME TO FEEL THEY
WERE MAKING INROADS AGAINST THE LEFTIST TERRORISTS.
CARDOSO AS KILLED BY A BOMB BLAST AS HE ENTERED HIS HOME;
THREE FABMILY MEMBERS WITH HIM WERE INJURED. THE ASSASSINATION
DATE: JUNE 18, 1976
ALMOST CERTAINLY WAS THE WORK OF EITHER THE MONTONEROS OR
PEOPLES REVOLUTIONARY eMY, ALTHOUGH NEITHER OF THE TWO PRINCIPAL
� LEFTIST TERRORIST GROUPS IS YET KNOWN TO HAVE CLAIMED CREDIT FOR
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IT. BOTH GROUPS HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN OPEN WARFARE WITH THE
MILITARY AND POLICE FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
CARDOSO WAS THE FOURTH MILITARY MAN TO BE ATTACKED IN
THE PAST WEEK. TWO OTHER OFFICERS WERE KILLED, AND A THIRD
MANAGED TO DRIVE OFF HIS ASSAILANTS.
THE TERRORISTS' CAMPAIGN IS DESIGNED TO PROVOKE THE MILITARY
GOVERNMENT TO TAKE HARSH COUNTERMEASURES THAT THE LEFTISTS HOPE
WILL CAUSE THE PUBLIC TO REPUDIATE THE GOVERNMENT. INDEED,
SOME HARDLINE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN PRESSING PRESIDENT VIDEL A TO
ABANDON HIS MODERATE APPROACH Tp GOVERNING IN FIAVOR OF
RULE WITH AN IRON HAND. WHILE HE HAS RESISTED THIS ADVIICE SO
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