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20.03.2010 |  | Emilio Eduardo Massera was born in Parana, Argentina on 19 October 1925. He studied at the Naval Military School from 2 February 1942 till December 1946. He continued his studies at the Interamerican Defence College in Washington where he learned about "anti-subversive war". Emilio Massera later became commander of the frigate ARA Libertad then commanding officer of the Navy fleet. On 23 August 1974, under Peron's presidency he was awarded ... |
10.03.2010 | | Ricardo Miguel Cavallo was born on 29 september 1951.
In 1976, as an navy officer he integrated the ESMA (Navy Mechanics School of the Argentine army) in the activity group 332 which specialised in interrogations, torture and the so called “flights of death”, during which opponents to the regime were thrown either from a helicopter into the Rio de la Plata or from an airplane flying off the coastline. The school’s elegant building, situate... |
08.03.2010 | | The english version of this profile will soon be accessible online. |
01.03.2010 | | Cristino Nicolaides was born on 2 January 1925. After training as an engineer, he served as captain in the Argentinean Army. In 1970 he was appointed to the post of director of the Argentinean Military School. At the beginning of the Argentinean military dictatorship he was commander of the 7th Infantry Brigade and chief of the « Batallón de Inteligencia 601 » and of the Military Institute « Campo de Mayo ».
On 18 June 1982 he was appointed Ch... |
28.02.2010 | | The english version of this profile will soon be accessible online. |
26.02.2010 | | Armando Lambruschini was born on 15 June 1924. He decided to take up a career in the military and achieved the position of Admiral.
On 24 March 1976, a military junta, in which Lambruschini participated, gained power by a coup d‘état. During the years of dictatorship, in what was later to be termed the “dirty war” (1976-1983), the Argentine military resolved to eradicate what successive juntas called “subversive thoughts” as well as “terroris... |
18.02.2010 | | Santiago Omar Riveros, born in 1923, was in charge of the detention center of Campo de Mayo, close to Buenos Aires, one of the biggest centers of the army during the dictatorship in Argentina (1976-1783).
During the military regime in Argentina, it is estimated that 30’000 people “disappeared”, were victims of extrajudicial executions and tortured. Around 5000 of people were jailed at Campo de Mayo.
On 15 May 1976, Floreal Avellaneda and ... |
18.02.2010 | | Jorge Olivera Rovere was born on March 14 1926 in Córdoba, Argentina. On the 1st of February 1943, he enlisted in the Colegio Militar de la Nación (National Military College) and had a military career.
He was Deputy Commander of the First Army Corps of the Argentinean army which was under the command of General Carlos Suárez Mason, and he was in charge of subzone 1, Capital Federal (one of the seven subzones under which the operational jurisdi... |
18.02.2010 | | Reynaldo Benito Antonio Bignone was born in Moron, Argentina on January 21, 1928. When he was 19 years old, he joined the Infantry. He studied at the Escuela Superior de Guerra in Spain during Franco’s regime. In 1964 he was named head of the VI Infantry Regiment and in 1975, when Jorge Rafael Videla took power as Commander in Chief of the military forces; Bignone was named Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.
In 1976, he participated in the coup d’... |
18.02.2010 | | Roberto Eduardo Viola was born on 13 October 1924. He took up a military career and was appointed Commander in Chief of the Argentine Army in 1975. He was a fervent supporter of the 1976 coup d’état and was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in 1977 and then to Commander in Chief with the rank of Lieutenant General.
He replaced Videla (see “related cases”) as the Head of State on 29 March 1981, but was himself ousted from power by Gener... |
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