Guillermo Suárez Mason

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Carlos Guillermo Suárez Mason

Carlos Guillermo Suárez Mason (January 2, 1924 – June 21, 2005) was an

Argentine military officer convicted for Dirty War crimes during the 1976–1983 military dictatorship. He was in charge of the Batallón de Inteligencia 601
.

Biography

Born in Buenos Aires, he enrolled at the National War College in 1944, and took an interest in national politics before his 1948 graduation. A magnetic and charismatic figure, he was involved at that time in several liaisons with prominent women, through whom he invariably furthered his interests; he took little or no interest, however, in the children reported at that time to have been fathered by him. Suárez Mason took part in a failed military coup against the populist President Juan Perón in 1951. He was forced to retreat to Uruguay, and later collaborated with the overthrow of Perón in 1955. He was received back in Buenos Aires with honours following the coup's success on September 19.[1]

Suárez Mason taught at the School of Higher War Studies, and rose in rank, becoming a

March 1976 coup against President Isabel Perón, was appointed Commander of the First Army Corps, a unit whose principal duty was to garrison the capital.[1]

During the subsequent dictatorship, Suárez Mason had purview over a number of the most notorious detention centers (among the over 300 such facilities that led to the

kidnappings for ransom.[2]

He financed

Beagle Conflict).[2]

Suárez Mason was relieved of his post at the First Army Corps in January 1980, and made Chairman of the Joint Military Chiefs. He oversaw Argentine tactical support for the July 1980 "

fascist organization, P2 (to which he belonged).[5]

Following the

Italian Argentines.[8]

Although prisoners aged over 70 are usually kept under house arrest in

upper gastrointestinal bleed, and died at age 81 at the Military Hospital in Buenos Aires. He had been awaiting the hearing of charges related to 200 kidnappings, 30 murders and the sale of the babies of political prisoners during the military dictatorship of 1976-83 in which he was a central figure.[1][5]

References
  1. ^ a b c d La Nación: Falleció ayer el ex general Suárez Mason (in Spanish)
  2. ^ a b Andersen, Martin. Dossier secreto. Westview Press, 1993.
  3. ^ The Guinness Book of World Records. Random House, 1986.
  4. ^ a b Méndez, Juan. Truth and Partial Justice in Argentina. Human Rights Watch, 1991.
  5. ^ a b Clarín: Murió el represor Suárez Mason (in Spanish)
  6. ^ New York Times: Argentine office is arrested (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Clarín: Trajeron a Suárez Mason. 10 May 1988.
  8. ^ Clarín: Condenaron a prisión perpetua en Italia a Suárez Mason y Riveros (in Spanish)
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