Ezeiza massacre
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Location | Puente 12, 10 km on the access road from Ezeiza International Airport, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Coordinates | 34°43′21″S 58°30′48″W / 34.722438°S 58.513419°W |
Date | June 20, 1973 |
Target | Left-wing Peronist masses |
Attack type | Sniper massacre |
Weapons | Sniper rifles |
Deaths | 13 (at least) |
Injured | 365 (at least) |
Perpetrators | Orthodox Peronism |
The Ezeiza massacre (Spanish pronunciation: [eˈsejsa]) took place on June 20, 1973, at Puente 12,[1] the intersection of General Ricchieri freeway (the Ezeiza Airport access) and Camino de Cintura (provincial route 4), some 10 km from Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
From Perón's platform, camouflaged snipers from the right-wing of Peronism opened fire on the crowd. The left-wing
According to Clarín newspaper, the real number is thought to be much higher.[4] No official investigation was ever performed to confirm these higher estimates.
People involved
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The Ezeiza massacre marked the end of the alliance of left and right-wing Peronists which Perón had managed to form. Héctor Cámpora represented the main figure of the left-wing and
A populist and a nationalist, Perón was popular from the far-left to the far-right, but this conjunction of forces ended that day. During his exile, Perón himself had supported both young left-wing Peronists, whose icons included
The tribune had been set up at Puente 12 by Lieutenant-Colonel
Italian terrorist Stefano Delle Chiaie, who worked in Operation Gladio but also maintained links with the Chilean DINA and Turkish Grey Wolves member Abdullah Çatlı, was also present at Ezeiza, according to investigations by Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón.[5] Carlos "El Indio" Castillo, member of the Concentración Nacionalista Universitaria (CNU), also took part in the massacre.[6]
Political context
The massacre had been planned to effect the removal of president Héctor Cámpora, a moderate of the left-wing, from power. During Cámpora's first month of governing, approximately 600 social conflicts,
Effects
The Ezeiza massacre marked the end of the transition period of Cámpora, who had succeeded the military dictatorship of general
See also
References
- ^ "Hace 25 años, la masacre de Ezeiza enlutaba a la Argentina". La Nacion. 22 June 1998. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ISBN 2849500437. (in French)
- ^ (in Spanish) Horacio Verbitsky, Ezeiza, Contrapunto, Buenos Aires, 1985. Available here Archived 2006-06-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Ezeiza, una masacre que causó el estallido del peronismo" (in Spanish). Clarín. 2005-08-28. Archived from the original on 2005-10-01. Retrieved 2006-03-21.
- ^ "Las Relaciones secretas entre Pinochet, Franco y la P2 - Conspiración para matar" (in Spanish). Equipo Nizkor. 1999-02-04.
- desaparecidos.org
- ^ Hugo Moreno, op.cit., p. 109
- ^ Hugo Moreno, p. 110
External links
- (in Spanish) Ezeiza, Contrapunto, Buenos Aires, 1985 by Horacio Verbitsky
- (in Spanish) La masacre de Ezeiza, El Litoral, Santa Fe, 23 June 2010 (retrieved 2011-07-24)
- (in Spanish) El hombre que fue izado de los pelos, ElArgentino.com, 2008 (retrieved 2011-07-24)