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Dirty War (Argentina, 1976-83) (view source)
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The Marxist guerrilla campaign in northern Argentina started with no more than 100 men and women of the ERP ''Compañía de Monte Ramón Rosa Jiménez'' Mountain Company and ended with about 300 in the mountains of Tucumán (including reinforcements in the form of the elite Montoneros 65-strong Jungle Company that arrived in February 1976 and latter the ERP's ''Decididos de Córdoba'' Urban Company)<ref>Guerrillas & Generals: The Dirty War in Argentina, Paul H. Lewis, p. 126, Praeger Paperback, 2001</ref>, which the Argentinian Army 4th Airborne Infantry Brigade managed to defeat, but at a cost.
The Marxist guerrilla campaign in northern Argentina started with no more than 100 men and women of the ERP ''Compañía de Monte Ramón Rosa Jiménez'' Mountain Company and ended with about 300 in the mountains of Tucumán (including reinforcements in the form of the elite Montoneros 65-strong Jungle Company that arrived in February 1976 and latter the ERP's ''Decididos de Córdoba'' Urban Company)<ref>Guerrillas & Generals: The Dirty War in Argentina, Paul H. Lewis, p. 126, Praeger Paperback, 2001</ref>, which the Argentinian Army 4th Airborne Infantry Brigade managed to defeat, but at a cost.
The first ERP attack in Tucumán took place on September 6th 1971, when a platoon attacked the Villa Urquiza Prison and freed twelve convicted terrorist, killing five prison guards in their escape.<ref>''El 6 de setiembre, un comando del ERP al mando de Emilio All asalta el penal de Villa Urquiza en Tucumán, y mata a cinco guardiacárceles.'' 30.000 Desaparecidos: Realidad, Mito y Dogma: Historia Verdadera y Manipulación Ideológica, Guillermo Rojas , p. 176, Editorial Santiago Apóstol, 2003</ref>
On January 5th 1975, an Army DHC-6 transport plane was downed near the Monteros mountains, shot down by Marxist Guerrillas.<ref>''Fue derribado un helicóptero como mínimo —hay gente que dice que nuestros compañeros abatieron dos helicópteros y un avión— y se produjeron alrededor de 60 muertos y numerosos heridos en el enemigo ...'' A Vencer o Morir: PRT-ERP Documentos, Volumen 2, Daniel De Santis, p. 496, Eudeba, 2000</ref><ref>Allí hubo gran acción en combates como el de Acheral, Pueblo Viejo y Famailla donde se volaron mas de 3 400 horas. Como consecuencia de los mismos, se produjo el derribo de un Twin Otter, un Piper L-21B y dos Bell UH-1H." Tecnología Militar, Tomo 24, p. 26, Grupo Editorial Mönch. 2002</ref>All thirteen on board were killed.
On January 5th 1975, an Army DHC-6 transport plane was downed near the Monteros mountains, shot down by Marxist Guerrillas.<ref>''Fue derribado un helicóptero como mínimo —hay gente que dice que nuestros compañeros abatieron dos helicópteros y un avión— y se produjeron alrededor de 60 muertos y numerosos heridos en el enemigo ...'' A Vencer o Morir: PRT-ERP Documentos, Volumen 2, Daniel De Santis, p. 496, Eudeba, 2000</ref><ref>Allí hubo gran acción en combates como el de Acheral, Pueblo Viejo y Famailla donde se volaron mas de 3 400 horas. Como consecuencia de los mismos, se produjo el derribo de un Twin Otter, un Piper L-21B y dos Bell UH-1H." Tecnología Militar, Tomo 24, p. 26, Grupo Editorial Mönch. 2002</ref>All thirteen on board were killed.