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Dirty War (Argentina, 1976-83) (view source)
Revision as of 02:45, August 22, 2019
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Targets in the bombings included three Ford showrooms; Peugeot and IKA-Renault showrooms; Goodyear and Firestone tire distributors, Riker and Eli pharmaceutical laboratories, Union carbide Battery Company, Bank of Boston and Chase Manhattan Bank branches, Xerox Corporation; and Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola bottling companies. In all, 83 members of the armed forces and policemen were killed in left-wing terror attacks between 1973 and 1974.<ref>State Terrorism in Latin America: Chile, Argentina, and International Human Rights, Thomas C. Wright, pg 102, Rowman & Littlefield, 2007</ref>
Targets in the bombings included three Ford showrooms; Peugeot and IKA-Renault showrooms; Goodyear and Firestone tire distributors, Riker and Eli pharmaceutical laboratories, Union carbide Battery Company, Bank of Boston and Chase Manhattan Bank branches, Xerox Corporation; and Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola bottling companies. In all, 83 members of the armed forces and policemen were killed in left-wing terror attacks between 1973 and 1974.<ref>State Terrorism in Latin America: Chile, Argentina, and International Human Rights, Thomas C. Wright, pg 102, Rowman & Littlefield, 2007</ref>
On November 13th 1975, three policemen and a leftist were reported killed in shoot-outs in the La Plata suburb of Buenos Aires.<ref>Latin America, 1975, Hal Kosut, Chris Hunt, Grace M. Ferrara, p. 41, Facts on File, 1976</ref>
On November 13th 1975, three policemen and a leftist were reported killed in shoot-outs in the La Plata suburb of Buenos Aires.<ref>Latin America, 1975, Hal Kosut, Chris Hunt, Grace M. Ferrara, p. 41, Facts on File, 1976</ref>On November 16th, about 40 Montoneros guerrillas stormed the police station at Arana, 30 miles south of Buenos Aires. Five policemen and one army captain were wounded in this gun- battle.
On December 15th a large Montoneros bomb planted in the Ministry of Defence building in downtown Buenos Aires kills 14 senior officers attending a counterinsurgency meeting.<ref>The Disappeared: Voices From A Secret War, John Simpson, Jana Bennett, p. 95, Robson Books, 1985</ref>
On December 15th a large Montoneros bomb planted in the Ministry of Defence building in downtown Buenos Aires kills 14 senior officers attending a counterinsurgency meeting.<ref>The Disappeared: Voices From A Secret War, John Simpson, Jana Bennett, p. 95, Robson Books, 1985</ref>