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On 14th February 1975, Senior Lieutenant Héctor Cáceres from the Army Commando Company supporting the 5th Mountain Infantry Brigade, is killed in an ERP ambush near Pueblo Viejo River. Another Army Commando, Lieutenant Rodolfo Ritcher is badly wounded and left wheelchair bound for life. Two Army helicopter gunships attempt to cut off the guerrilla escape route but are repelled by shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles.<ref>[https://www.contextotucuman.com/nota/125341/capitan-hector-caceres-por-proteger-a-un-companero-murio-a-mano-de-los-criminales-idealistas-del-erp.html Capitán Héctor Cáceres: por proteger a un compañero murió a mano de los criminales “idealistas” del ERP]</ref>

On 14th February 1975, Senior Lieutenant Héctor Cáceres from the Army Commando Company supporting the 5th Mountain Infantry Brigade, is killed in an ERP ambush near Pueblo Viejo River. Another Army Commando, Lieutenant Rodolfo Ritcher is badly wounded and left wheelchair bound for life. Two Army helicopter gunships attempt to cut off the guerrilla escape route but are repelled by shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles.<ref>[https://www.contextotucuman.com/nota/125341/capitan-hector-caceres-por-proteger-a-un-companero-murio-a-mano-de-los-criminales-idealistas-del-erp.html Capitán Héctor Cáceres: por proteger a un compañero murió a mano de los criminales “idealistas” del ERP]</ref>

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 terror 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.  

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.