| − | Some Catholic priests sympathized with and helped the Montoneros. Radical priests, including Father Alberto Carbone, who was eventually indicted in the murder of former President Pedro Aramburu, preached Marxism and presented the early Church fathers as model revolutionaries in an attempt to legitimise the violence.<ref>Argentina: What Went Wrong, Colin M. MacLachlan, p. 136, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006</ref>A Catholic youth leader, Juan Ignacio Isla Casares, with the help of the Montoneros commander Eduardo Pereira Rossi (nom de guerre "El Carlón") was the mastermind behind the ambush and killing of five policemen (Pedro Dettle, Juan Ramón Costa, Carlos Livio Cejas, Cleofás Galeano and Juan Fernández) near San Isidro Cathedral on 26 October 1975.<ref>30,000 Desaparecidos. Realidad, Mito y Dogma : Hhistoria Verdadera y Manipulación Ideologica, Guillermo Rojas, p. 246, Santiago Apóstol: 2003</ref> | + | Some Catholic priests sympathized with and helped the Montoneros. Radical priests, including Father Alberto Carbone, who was eventually indicted in the murder of former President Pedro Aramburu, preached Marxism and presented the early Church fathers as model revolutionaries in an attempt to legitimise the violence.<ref>Argentina: What Went Wrong, Colin M. MacLachlan, p. 136, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006</ref>A Catholic youth leader, Juan Ignacio Isla Casares, with the help of the Montoneros commander Eduardo Pereira Rossi (nom de guerre "El Carlón") was the mastermind behind the ambush and killing of five policemen (Pedro Dettle, Juan Ramón Costa, Carlos Livio Cejas, Cleofás Galeano and Juan Fernández) and the destruction of their patrol car near San Isidro Cathedral in Buenos Aires on October 26th 1975.<ref>30,000 Desaparecidos. Realidad, Mito y Dogma : Hhistoria Verdadera y Manipulación Ideologica, Guillermo Rojas, p. 246, Santiago Apóstol: 2003</ref> |
| − | Mario Firmenich, who later became the leader of the Montoneros, was the ex-president of the Catholic Action Youth Group and a former seminarian himself.<ref>Modern Tyrants: The Power and Prevalence of Evil in Our Age, Daniel Chirot, p.281, Free Press, 1994</ref>The Montoneros had ties with the Third World Priest Movement and a Jesuit priest, Father Carlos Mugica.<ref>Encyclopedia of Modern Worldwide Extremists and Extremist Groups, Stephen E. Atkins, p.201, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004</ref>The Third World Priest Movement believed that the Church could not remain neutral in the conflict between the Peronist and anti-Peronists and a number of priests participated in the armed struggle.<ref>Masters of War: Latin America & United States Aggression from the Cuban Revolution through the Clinton Years, Clara Nieto & Chris Brandt, p.163, Seven Stories Press, 2003</ref> | + | Mario Firmenich, who later became the leader of the Montoneros, was the ex-president of the Catholic Action Youth Group and a former seminarian himself.<ref>Modern Tyrants: The Power and Prevalence of Evil in Our Age, Daniel Chirot, p.281, Free Press, 1994</ref>The Montoneros had ties with the Third World Priest Movement and a Jesuit priest, Father Carlos Mugica.<ref>Encyclopedia of Modern Worldwide Extremists and Extremist Groups, Stephen E. Atkins, p.201, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004</ref>The Third World Priest Movement believed that the Church could not remain neutral in the conflict between the Peronist and anti-Peronists and a number of priests participated in the armed struggle alongside the guerrillas.<ref>Masters of War: Latin America & United States Aggression from the Cuban Revolution through the Clinton Years, Clara Nieto & Chris Brandt, p.163, Seven Stories Press, 2003</ref> |