RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FEDERAL POLICE FOR KILLING THE THIRTY PEOPLE WHOSE BODIES APPEARED 20 AUGUST 1976 - 1976/08/25

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06701403
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: August 25, 1976

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1976 REPORTED THAT THIRTY BODIES WERE FOUND 20 AUGUST
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NEAR PILAR NORTH OF BUENOS AIRES. THE PRESS QUOTED
"INFORMED SOURCES", AS STATING THAT THE KILLINGS APPEARED
To BE IN REPRISAL FOR THE MURDER ON 19 AUGUST 1976 By
LEFTIST TERRORISTS OF RETIRED GENERAL OMAR ACTI S.
HEAD OF THE ORGAN/ZING COMMITTEE FOR THE 1.976 WORLD CUP
SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS TO BE HELD IN BUENOS AIRES.)
2, OPERATING LEVELS OF THE ARGENTINE FEDERAL POLICE
WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR KILLING THE THIRTY INDIVIDUALS BOTH AS
REPRISAL FOR THE KILLING OF GENERAL ACT'S. AS WELL AS A WARNING TO
LEFTIST EXTREMISTS NOT TO ENGAGE IN FURTHER ACTS OF VIOLENCE
DURING THE 22 AUGUST PERIOD. THE FEDERAL POLICE HAD
EARLIER RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT THERE MIGHT WELL BE
COORDINATED ATTACKS BY THE PEOPLE'S REVOLUTIONARY ARMY
(ERP) AND THE MONTONEROS TO COMMEMORATE THE 22 AUGUST
DATE. THE POLICE, THEREFORE, CONSIDERED THAT THE PUBLIC
DISPLAY OF THE THIRTY BODIES IN RESPONSE TO THE KILLING
OF GENERAL. ACT IS WOULD CAUSE THE ERP AND THE MONTONEROS
To REASSESS THE ADVISABILITY OF ENGAGING IN FURTHER
TERRORIST ACTIONS IN THE NEAR FUTURE, THE THIRTY
INDIVIDUALS KILLED HAD BEEN UNDER FEDERAL POLICE DETENTION
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3. PRESIDENT JoROEVIDELAIS ANNOYED THAT
THE BODIES WERE LEFT SO PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED AND HAS
ORDERED THAT THIS NOT OCCUR IN THE FUME.. vIDELA CONSIDERS
THAT SUCH A TYPE OF SITUATION REFLECTS ADVERSELY ON THE
GOOD NAME OF ARMDITINA BOTH WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY.
VIDELA'S OBJECTION IS NOT THAT THE THIRTi PEOPLE. WHO WERE
PURPORTEDLY INVOLVED WITH THE NONTONEROS. WERE KILLED.
BUT THAT THE BODIES APPEARED PUBLICLY. cOmmENT:
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PRESIDENT vIDELA IS EXTREMELY ANGRY
OVER THE APPEARANCE Or THE THIRTY BODIES IN PILAR AND
SIXTEEN BODIES AT ANOTHER SITE.CONS IDER iNG THAT THE
SITUATION SERIOUSLY DAMAGES THE COUNTRY'S IMAGE DOMESTICALLY
AND ABROAD BY SUGGESTING THAT THERE IS A LACK or ORDER 3.3(b)(1)
AND CONTROL IN ARGENTINA.
VIDELA IS IN AGREEMENT THAT SUBVERSIVES SHOULD BE
KILLED. BUT THAT THE ENTIRE MATTER SHOULD BE DEALT WITH
DISCREETLY.)
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THE FEDERAL
POLICE HAD GONE ON A STATE Or ALERT 15 AIKIUST WHICH WAS
TO LAST THROUGH 23 AUGUST BECAUSE INDICATORS HAD BEEN
RECEIVED THAT LEFTIST TERRORIST INCIDENTS MIGHT OCCUR DURING
THE 22 AUGUST PERIOD. 22 AUGUST 1972 IS THE DATE OF THE
KILLING OF A NUMBER OF EXTREME LEFTISTSDURIND AN ALLEGED
ATTEMPTED BREAK FROM TRELEW PRISON, AND 'NE DATE HAS
SINCE BEEN COMMEMORATED BY RADICAL LEFTIST GROUPS WITH
A WAVE OF TERRORIST ACTIVITY.)
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