Argentine Anticommunist Alliance
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| Argentine Anticommunist Alliance Alianza Anticomunista Argentina | |
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| Leader | José López Rega Isabel Perón[1] |
| Dates of operation | 1973–1976 |
| Motives | Persecution and extermination of people linked to groups considered Marxist (criteria that was applied in a very broad spectrum that included organizations such as ERP or Montoneros to social democratic groups, such as the Radical Civic Union) |
| Active regions | Argentina |
| Ideology | Orthodox Peronism[2][3] Fascism[4] Neo-fascism[5] |
| Political position | Far-right[6][7] |
| Status | Dissolved |
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The Argentine Anticommunist Alliance (Spanish: Alianza Anticomunista Argentina, usually known as Triple A or AAA) was an Argentine Peronist and fascist political terrorist group operated by a sector of the Federal Police and the Argentine Armed Forces, linked with the anticommunist lodge Propaganda Due, that killed artists, priests, intellectuals, leftist politicians, students, historians and union members, as well as issuing threats and carrying out extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances during the presidencies of Juan Perón and Isabel Perón between 1973 and 1976.[8][9][10][11] The group was responsible for the disappearance and death of between 700 and 1100 people.[12][13][14]
The Triple A was secretly led by
In 2006, Argentine Judge Norberto Oyarbide ruled the Triple A had committed "crimes against humanity," which meant their crimes were exempt from statutes of limitations. Suspects can be prosecuted for actions committed in the 1970s and early 1980s.
Creation
The Triple A was believed to have been organized in 1973 by José López Rega and
López Rega, a devotee of
The Spanish Judge
According to a 1983 article in
Victims
The group first came to national attention on 21 November 1973 in its attempt to murder Argentine
The group is strongly suspected in the 1974 assassination of
The 1986 study by Ignacio Jansen González is often cited; he estimates the group committed 220
Death threats caused many of the opposition to leave Argentina. Amongst many well-known and respected people who left are mathematician Manuel Sadosky; artists Héctor Alterio, Luis Brandoni and Nacha Guevara; politician and entrepreneur José Ber Gelbard; lawyer and politician Héctor Sandler; and actor Norman Briski.[24]
Main assassinations claimed by the AAA:
- Murder of Ramon Samaniego on April 12, 1974[23]
- Murder of Rodolfo David Ortega Peña on July 31, 1974[23]
- Murder of Raúl Laguzzidel on September 5, 1974[23]
- Murder of Alfredo Alberto Pérez Curutchet on September 10, 1974[23]
- Kidnapping of Daniel Banfi, Luis Latrónica and Guillermo Jabif on September 12, 1974[23]
- Murder of Julio Tomás Troxler on September 20, 1974[23]
- Murders of Silvio Frondizi and his son-in-law Luis Ángel Mendiburu on September 27, 1974[23]
- Murder of Carlos Ernensto Laham and Pedro Leopoldo Barraza on October 13, 1974.[23]
- Murder of Domingo Devincenti on November 6, 1974[23]
Others
After the fall of López Rega in 1975 and
Former Triple A member José María Boccardo took part with Cherid and others in the 1978 assassination of Argala, an ETA member involved in the 1973 assassination of Franco's prime minister Luis Carrero Blanco.[26]
See also
- 601 Intelligence Battalion
- Alianza Americana Anticomunista, in Colombia (Operation Condor)
- Grupos de Acción Anticomunista, in Paraguay (Operation Condor)
- Alianza Apostólica Anticomunista, in Spain (Operation Gladio)
- Montejurra Incidents
- Manuel Sadosky and Héctor Alterio were both threatened by the AAA.
- Rodolfo Almirón, leader of the group and charged in several murders (arrested in Valencia in 2006)
References
- ^ Finchelstein, Federico (2014-07-02). "When Neo-Fascism Was Power in Argentina". Public Seminar. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
- ^ Alonso, Dalmiro (2012). "Ideología y violencia organizada en la Argentina en los años de la Guerra Fría". repositoriosdigitales.mincyt.gob.ar. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
- ^ Gómez Fernández, Eva (2018-09-27). "La Extrema Derecha del Siglo XX: Las Particularidades del Terrorismo de Tipo Estatal de Argentina, Colombia y España". Retrieved 2024-01-01.
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External links
- "El 'jefe' de la Triple A vive en un arrabal de Valencia", El Mundo, Félix Martínez y Nando García (in Spanish)
- "El Debut del Terror: La Triple A", Pablo Mendelevich (in Spanish)
- "Triple A; Toda la verdad, caiga quien caiga" Archived 2014-04-10 at the Wayback Machine
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