INFORMATION ALLEGING THAT THE EXTREMIST "MONTONERO" MOVEMENT WILL BECOME ACTIVE IN ARGENTINA IF "MONTONERO" LEADER MARIO ((FIRMENICH)) IS EXTRADITED TO ARGENTINA - 1984/07/10

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06698606
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: July 10, 1984

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SUBJ: INFORMATION ALLEGING THAT
THE EXTREMIST "MONTONERO" MOVEMENT WILL BECOME
ACTIVE IN ARGENTINA IF "MONTONERO" LEADER MARIO
((FIRMENICH)) IS EXTRADITED TO ARGENTINA
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INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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DIST: 10 JULY 1984
COUNTRY: ARGENTINA/BRAZIL
SUBJ: INFORMATION ALLEGING THAT THE EXTREMIST "MONTONERO"
MOVEMENT WILL BECOME ACTIVE IN ARGENTINA IF "MONTONERO"
LEADER MARIO ((FIRMENICH)) IS EXTRADITED TO ARGENTINA
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HAVE PREPARED A LIST OF GOVERNMENT MINISTERS, SECRETARIES, AND
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SUBSECRETARIES FROM WHICH THEY WOULD SELECT A KIDNAP VICTIM IF
THE EXTRADITION OF "MONTONERO" LEADER MARIO ((FIRMENICH)) FROM
BRAZIL TO ARGENTINA GOES THROUGH. REPORTEDLY, THE IDEA OF THE
"MONTONEROS" CONSISTS IN KIDNAPPING A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL TO
EXCHANGE FOR FIRMENICH.
3. THE NAME OF ROBERTO ((PENA)), THE
HEAD OF SIDE, APPEARS ON THE "MONTONERO" LIST. FOR THIS REASON,
THE SIZE OF PENA'S PROTECTIVE DETAIL WAS INCREASED
WHEN PENA RETURNED FROM FRANCE ON 25 JUNE
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THE ARGENTINE ARMED FORCES (FFAA) HAVE INFORMATION
INDICATING THAT THE "MONTONEROS" WILL BEGIN TO CARRY OUT ACTS
OF TERRORISM ONCE FIRMENICH IS BACK IN ARGENTINA. 3.3(b)(1)
HE "MONTONEROS"
WILL DIRECT THEIR ACTIONS AGAINST FFAA PERSONNEL INVOLVED
WITH THE PRECEDING MILITARY GOVERNMENTS AND THEIR ACTIVITIES.
6. (F7COMMENT: THERE ARE NO OTHER INDICATIONS THAT
THE "MONTONEROS" HAVE INTACT THE CLANDESTINE INFRASTRUCTURE AND
SUPPORT SYSTEM NORMALLY ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH-LEVEL, POLITICALLY-
MOTIVATED KIDNAPPINGS. INDEED, THERE ARE NO OTHER INDICATIONS
THAT THE "MONTONEROS" ARE PREPARED TO RETURN TO VIOLENCE.
"MONTONEROS" WERE WELL-SCHOOLED AND WELL-PRACTICED IN POLITICAL
KIDNAPPINGS AND OTHER FORMS OF TERRORISM UNTIL THE FFAA DAMAGED
THE MOVEMENT SERIOUSLY DURING THE COUNTERSUBVERSIVE CAMPAIGN OF
THE 1970'S. EVEN THOUGH THE DOMESTIC POLITICAL SITUATION IN
ARGENTINA DOES NOT NOW SEEM APPROPRIATE FOR A RETURN TO TERROR-
ISM BY THE "MONTONEROS," A FEW MEMBERS ATOF THE MOVEMENT, OR OTHER
MALCONTENTS, COULD WELL BE TALKING ABOUT, OR ACTUALLY PLANNING,
TERRORIST ACTS TIMED TO COINCIDE WITH FIRMENICH'S RETURN TO AR-
GENTINA. ALSO, ARGENTINE INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY PERSONNEL
MAY WELL BE TAKING STEPS TO COUNTERACT A POSSIBLE VIOLENT RE-
ACTION TO THE "MONTONERO" LEADER'S RETURN. THE DETENTION OF
ANOTHER "MONTONERO" LEADER WHO RETURNED TO ARGENTINA OPENLY
IN DECEMBER 1983 HAS NOT YET PRODUCED ANY VIOLENT BACKLASH.)
7. ( COMMENT: BRAZILIAN COURTS APPROVED FIRMENICH'S
EXTRADITION WITH CERTAIN CONDITIONS WHICH THE ARGENTINES ACCEPTED,
ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS. HAS
SUGGESTED THAT THE EXTRADITION MAY NOT TAKE PLACE UNTIL AUGUST.)
WARNING: REPORT CLASS_a_E-e-RT-WARNING NOTICE--INTELLIGENCE
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