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Argentine Army Wins Victory Over ERP (Page 7)
Montonero Leader Disappears (Page 9)
Mercedes Benz Executive Freed in Argentina (Page )
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On 23 December the People's Revolutionary Army attacked
the Domingo Viejobueno Arsenal Battalion at Monte .Chingolo in
Buenos Aires Province and were soundly defeated by the Argen-
tine military. The attack was carried out by approximately 130
individuals, and ERP casualty estimates range between 55 and
100. two of Santucho's close
relatives plus the chief accountant of the ERP and the director
of the ERP Military training school were slain in the attack.
The ERP attack was well planned and included diversionary
attacks against military installations in La Plata as well as
local police stations. The combined response of the military
services and police was almost immediate, and the end result
was that the bulk of the poorly armed ERP forces was trapped.
It is believed that Argentine army intelligence had advance
notice that the attack would occur and thus laid a trap for the
ERP.
the authorities captured
two ERP members who carried documents relating to the Domingo
Viejobueno battalion several weeks before the attack. The
chiefs of the operations and logistic sections of the ERP
general command were captured in mid-December, and the logis-
tics chief admitted under interrogation that the ERP was short
of weapons. It was also reported that the Montoneros gave the
ERP logistical assistance, but the exact role of the Montoneros
in the operation has yet to be determined.
The meaning of this defeat for the ERP is not precisely
clear. One fact that emerged from the battle was that most of
the ERP casualties were between 17 and 24 years old, and 30
percent of them were women. This could mean that the ERP is
scraping the bottom of the barrel for recruits or it could also
mean that the attack was intended as a training mission. One
thing that is clear is that the ERP, at least in Buenos Aires
Province, is short of weapons. During the last part of December,
Buenos Aires police uncovered an ERP small-arms firing range
and captured a number of small arms plus ammunition. This loss
may account for the desperation of the ERP attempt. The de-
feat at Monte Chingolo was a loss in prestige for the ERP. The
large amount of casualties could have an adverse effect on the
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into smaller scale operations such as kidnapping and assassi-
nation against lower risk targets. It is also Ipossible that
the ERP may attempt to stage a spectacular act to restore its
sagging prestige, and targets for such an operation could in-
clude foreign diplomats.
It is a different matter for the Argentin( armed forces.
Their success at Monte Chingolo may be a sign that they have
been able to overcome bureaucratic inefficienc: , poor organiza-
tion and lack of cooperation and thus have fin lly found the
winning combination. If the armed forces continue to demon-
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On 29 December Roberto Quieto, a leader of the Montoneros,
was seized at a public beach in suburban Buenos Aires by a
group of heavily armed men whose leader identified himself as
a federal police officer. According to press reports, his wife
said Quieto was suddenly surrounded by the men as he lay
sunbathing. The men forced the other sunbathers to lie down
with their hands behind their heads, and then led Quieto, who
was clad only in bathing trunks, off to a car. As his captors
drove away they fired shots in the air.
Quieto's lawyers have presented habeas corpus petitions to
the authorities, asking that the police disclose where Quieto
is being held. Both federal and provincial police deny they
have Quieto in custody, and this raises the distinct possibil-
ity that Quieto may have been abducted by a right-wing death
squad. Under the current state of emergency in Argentina,
Quieto could be held for an indefinite period of time by the
authorities without being formally charged. The Montoneros
have issued a communique denouncing Quieto's disappearance,
which would seemingly discredit the theory that he had been
abducted by the Montoneros because of an internal dispute.
Quieto, a Marxist-Leninist lawyer, first became involved
in terrorism in 1970 when he formed the Revolutionary Armed
Forces (FAR). The Montoneros and the FAR joined forces in
October 1973. Quieto's followers are considered to be more
Marxist than Peronist and are more violence-prone than other
elements of the Montoneros. Quieto is believed to be one of
the key organizers of Montonero terrorist activity.
Because of Quieto's importance to the Montonero cause, and
because he has a large group of violence-prone followers, it is
possible that the Montoneros may attempt to abduct a high
Argentine official or a foreign diplomat to exchange for Quieto.
The U.S. Embassy commented that most observers feel Quieto was
abducted by right wingers and thus is probably already dead.
This could still lead to a terrorist act, as the Montoneros
might carry out an abduction, as they did in the Egan case, in
order to clarify the status not only of Quieto, but of other
terrorists who have been arrested during the last few weeks.
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Mercedes Benz Executive Freed in Argentina
On 24 December Franz Metz, the production manager of the
Mercedes Benz subsidiary in Argentina who was ,kidnapped on 24
October during a labor dispute, was set free by his Montonero
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captors for a large but undisclosed amount of ransom. After
his release, Metz returned to West Germany. (The kidnapping
was reported in the 28 October issue.) As part of the ransom,
Mercedes- Benz made labor concessions at the local subsidiary
and also paid for advertisements in the world press which
spelled out the Montonero position and which also said that
Argentina was heading towarda civil war. The Montoneros'
advertisement appeared in newspapers in Europe, Latin America
and North America, including the 24 December issue of The
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Quieto Questioned by Argentine Authorities
Montonero leader Roberto
Quieto was indeed arrested by Argentine authorities on 28
December 1975. The Argentine
government considers Quieto's capture to be highly sensitive
and the matter has been tightly held in official circles.
Quieto has cooperated with his captors and provided information
which led to the identification and seizure of the Montoneros'
largest and most important arms cache, which was located in a
warehouse in suburban Buenos Aires. The arms cache included
150 Argentine submachine guns, five heavy machine guns, approxi-
mately 100 handguns, three million rounds of small arms ammuni-
tion, kits for cleaning and maintaining small arms, Montonero
uniforms and field manuals providing instruction on small arms
handling, explosives and guerrilla tactics.
Quieto also discussed the Montoneros in general. He stated
that he is the Montonero political chief while Mario Firmenich,
the Montonero commander, is the chief of the military apparatus
and maintains his headquarters in Cordoba. Quieto claimed that
the Montoneros have between seven thousand and ten thousand
active members and about three hundred thousand supporters and
that the organization maintains a Swiss bank account containing
$150 million with an additional $50 million distributed through-
out Argentina. (Comment: In 1974, the number of Mcntoneros
was estimated at fifteen thousand with two thousand five hundred
actual combatants. Considering that the Montoneros have been
growing, the seven to ten thousand, figure may be accurate. The
three hundred thousand figure probably includes the element of
the population that sympathizes with the Montoneros but is not
actually involved with the organization. It is known that the
Montoneros possess considerable amounts of money and are be-
lieved to have deposited some in Switzerland. There is no way
of estimating, however, whether Quieto's figures are correct.)
Quieto further stated that as of the time of his capture,
the Montoneros had no plans to kidnap or assassinate anyone.
He said that the Montoneros principal effort is being directed
toward political organization and is being aimed at the 1976
presidential elections. If their candidate loses, then the
Montoneros will attempt to provoke a military coup which they
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the Peronists joining the Montoneros. Quiet� said that the
Montoneros have members and contacts throughout the government
and the military and that these contacts furnish the organiza-
tion with information.
Finally, Quieto stated that the ties between the People's
Revolutionary Army (ERP) and the Montoneros are minor and that
the ERP is portraying a stronger relationship between the Mon-
toneros and the ERP than is actually the case, in order to build
the ERP's image, lure recruits from the Montoneros and to con-
fuse the authorities. He also stated that the Montoneros are
not involved in the Revolutionary Coordinating Junta (JCR).
While there is no evidence of Montonero involvement in the ERP-
backed JCR, Quiet� may be generally down-playing the Montoneros'
relationship with the ERP, believing that to strongly link the
two would not only further incriminate him, but would also
detract from the Montoneros image of itself as a nationalistic
political entity.
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The U.S. official community
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cently arrested.
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military unit. They might
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