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HUMAN RIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS - ARGENTINA: AUGUST DISAPPEARANCES - 1979/09/10
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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
00639291
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RIPPUB
Original Classification:
U
Document Page Count:
2
Document Creation Date:
April 3, 2019
Document Release Date:
April 12, 2019
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Publication Date:
September 10, 1979
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ARGENTINA: AUGUST DISAPPEARANCES EO
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SOURCES: Buenos Aires 7200i.
of the 10 unresolved disappearance
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the bisis for one plausible expion
cases thati dccurred during August and
were reported to Embassy Buenos Aires. Not only was the August figure
significantly higher than that for any month since January, but the disappearances
seemed to undercut Argentine claims to improvement in this area precisely
on the eve of the INter-American Hinman Rights Commission's (IAHRC) visit
(September 6-20).
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the 10 people were .r.X.e.3.5(c)
remnants* of a terrorist group (Fuerzas Armadas Peronistas--FAP),and their
arrests were ordered by a federal criminal judge. The government 3.3(b)(1)
intends to permit the IAHRC to waste time investigati:6501 )�
cases
and then produce the tat 10 in court with the evidence against them.
This version coincides tith a random remark by an Embassy source in late August
to the effect that security *t**** agents had scored a coup against the FAP.
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reported an army intelligence officer's contention that the
disap43ds were Montoneros connected with a resurgenc
of that terrorist group's activities in Argentina.
(c) INR COMMENT: The repoted*court,appeacances for the 10 have not yet
taken place, and we cannot otherwise confirm these reports. Their plausibility
stems from the fact that they would help explain why disappearances became
more frequent immediately prior to the IAHRC's arrival. If those who were
kidnapped are or are believed to be associated with terrorist activities
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(FAP or Montonero), security officials might well have detained them
regardless of the predictable consequences for the country's human rights
record. This courde would have been
even more iikev if government authorities really indend to initiate public
court proceedings against the detqinees in the itriliqt near future.
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INR/RAR:
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