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Dirty War (Argentina, 1976-83) (view source)
Revision as of 22:09, August 12, 2019
, 22:09, August 12, 2019→Rural guerrilla warfare
The Argentinian Army 5th Brigade (consisting of the 19th, 20th and 29th Mountain Infantry Regiments and commanded by Brigadier-General Acdel Vilas) received the order to move to Famailla in the foothills of the Monteros mountains on February 8th 1975. While fighting the guerrillas in the jungle, Vilas concentrated on uprooting the ERP civilian support network in the towns, using tactics later adopted nationwide, as well as a hearts and mind campaign. The Argentinian security forces used techniques no different from their US and French counterparts in Vietnam and Algeria.
The Argentinian Army 5th Brigade (consisting of the 19th, 20th and 29th Mountain Infantry Regiments and commanded by Brigadier-General Acdel Vilas) received the order to move to Famailla in the foothills of the Monteros mountains on February 8th 1975. While fighting the guerrillas in the jungle, Vilas concentrated on uprooting the ERP civilian support network in the towns, using tactics later adopted nationwide, as well as a hearts and mind campaign. The Argentinian security forces used techniques no different from their US and French counterparts in Vietnam and Algeria.
In February 1976, in the Battle of El Cadillal, soldiers of the 14th Airborne Infantry Regiment engage the 65-strong Montonero Army Mountain Force sent to Tucumán Province as reinforcements, Corporal Héctor Roberto Lazarte and Private Pedro Burguener from the Paratroop Regiment are killed in the fierce action. Nevertheless, the paratroopers kill several Montoneros guerrillas in the army ambush, including Juan Carlos Alsogaray, commander of the mountain company and son of the former Commander in Chief of the Argentinian Army, Lieutenant-General Julio Alzogaray.
On September 28th 1977 counterinsurgency operations in Tucumán province finally came to an end, with the Argentinian military and police reporting 100 killed and 500 wounded in defeating the guerrillas.
On September 28th 1977 counterinsurgency operations in Tucumán province finally came to an end, with the Argentinian military and police reporting 100 killed and 500 wounded in defeating the guerrillas.