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Argentina experienced three failed attempts at rural guerrilla warfare between 1959 and 1969. At that point, the insurgents decided in favor of urban guerilla warfare. [[Jorge Ricardo Masetti]], leader of the  ''Ejército Guerrillero del Pueblo'' (People's Guerrilla Army or EGP), which had infiltrated into Salta Province from Bolivia in 1964, is considered by some as Argentina's first "disappeared", as he went missing after the party militants' defeat in clashes with the Argentine gendarmerie. It seemed obvious that they would be safer and more relevant in crowded cities than in isolated rural areas.

Argentina experienced three failed attempts at rural guerrilla warfare between 1959 and 1969. At that point, the insurgents decided in favor of urban guerilla warfare. [[Jorge Ricardo Masetti]], leader of the  ''Ejército Guerrillero del Pueblo'' (People's Guerrilla Army or EGP), which had infiltrated into Salta Province from Bolivia in 1964, is considered by some as Argentina's first "disappeared", as he went missing after the party militants' defeat in clashes with the Argentine gendarmerie. It seemed obvious that they would be safer and more relevant in crowded cities than in isolated rural areas.

Prior to 1973 the major revolutionary groups were the Peronist Armed Forces (''Fuerzas Armadas Peronistas'' or FAP), the Marxist–Leninist-Peronist Revolutionary Armed Forces (''Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias'' or FAR), and the Marxist–Leninist Armed Forces of Liberation (''Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación'' or FAL). The FAL guerrillas raided Campo de Mayo in April 1969 and stole 100 assault rifles from the elite 1st ''Patricios'' Infantry Regiment.<ref>Los 70, Violencia en la Argentina. p. 119. Ejército Argentino. (Círculo militar, 2001)</ref>In 1971, the left-wing guerrillas killed 57 policemen, and in 1972 the ERP and Montoneros killed another 38 policemen.<ref>Guerrillas and Generals: The Dirty War in Argentina, Paul H. Lewis, Page 53, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002</ref>

Prior to 1973 the major revolutionary groups were the Peronist Armed Forces (''Fuerzas Armadas Peronistas'' or FAP), the Marxist–Leninist-Peronist Revolutionary Armed Forces (''Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias'' or FAR), and the Marxist–Leninist Armed Forces of Liberation (''Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación'' or FAL). The FAL guerrillas raided Campo de Mayo in April 1969 and stole 100 assault rifles from the elite 1st ''Patricios'' Infantry Regiment.<ref>Los 70, Violencia en la Argentina. p. 119. Ejército Argentino. (Círculo militar, 2001)</ref>

The ERP publicly remained in the forefront. ERP guerrilla activity took the form of attacks on military outposts, police stations and convoys. Between March and July 1971 the Argentine newspapers reported 316 armed attacks by the ERP.<ref>Masters of war: Latin America and United States Aggression from the Cuban Revolution through the Clinton Years, Clara Nieto, Page 234, Seven Stories Press, 2011</ref>

 

The ERP publicly remained in the forefront. ERP guerrilla activity took the form of attacks on military outposts, police stations and convoys.

In 1971, the left-wing guerrillas killed 57 policemen, and in 1972 the ERP and Montoneros killed another 38 policemen.<ref>Guerrillas and Generals: The Dirty War in Argentina, Paul H. Lewis, Page 53, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002</ref>Between March and July 1971 the Argentine newspapers reported 316 armed attacks by the ERP.<ref>Masters of war: Latin America and United States Aggression from the Cuban Revolution through the Clinton Years, Clara Nieto, Page 234, Seven Stories Press, 2011</ref>

On January 19th 1974 60–70 ERP guerrillas traveling aboard captured army trucks attacked the 2,000-strong barracks at Azul outside Buenos Aires, killing Corporal Daniel Osvaldo González, the Commanding Officer of the 10th ''Húsares de Pueyrredon'' Armoured Cavalry Regiment (Colonel Camilo Arturo Gay) and his wife (Hilda Irma Casaux). The guerrillas, dressed in captured Argentinian Army uniforms, held the barracks for seven hours.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZqhfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dzIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3205,4401591&dq= "Argentine Rebels Hold Garrison 7 Hours"]</ref>The guerrillas took the Commanding Officer of the 1st Artillery Regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Jorge Roberto Ibarzábal hostage in the surprise attack. He would remain in guerrilla hands for 300 days, before 23-year-old university student Sergio Gustavo Dicovsky executed him at a police roadblock on November 19th 1974.   

On January 19th 1974 60–70 ERP guerrillas traveling aboard captured army trucks attacked the 2,000-strong barracks at Azul outside Buenos Aires, killing Corporal Daniel Osvaldo González, the Commanding Officer of the 10th ''Húsares de Pueyrredon'' Armoured Cavalry Regiment (Colonel Camilo Arturo Gay) and his wife (Hilda Irma Casaux). The guerrillas, dressed in captured Argentinian Army uniforms, held the barracks for seven hours.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZqhfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dzIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3205,4401591&dq= "Argentine Rebels Hold Garrison 7 Hours"]</ref>The guerrillas took the Commanding Officer of the 1st Artillery Regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Jorge Roberto Ibarzábal hostage in the surprise attack. He would remain in guerrilla hands for 300 days, before 23-year-old university student Sergio Gustavo Dicovsky executed him at a police roadblock on November 19th 1974.