Operativo Independencia

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Operativo Independencia was a 1975 Argentine military campaign in Tucumán Province aimed at eliminating left-wing guerrilla groups, which marked the beginning of the country’s last military dictatorship and was characterized by widespread human rights abuses.

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Operativo Independencia canonical 1

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instanceOf military operation
aftermath establishment of systematic state terrorism in Argentina
expansion of repressive apparatus nationwide
authorizedBy Argentine constitutional government
Isabel Perón
characterizedBy extrajudicial executions
forced disappearances
secret detention centers
torture
widespread human rights abuses
commander Acdel Vilas
Antonio Domingo Bussi
considered beginning of Argentina’s last military dictatorship
country Argentina
implementedDoctrine counter-subversive warfare
national security doctrine
legalInstrument Decreto 261/75
Decreto 2770/75
Decreto 2771/75
Decreto 2772/75
location Tucumán Province
militaryBranch Argentine Army
notableDetentionCenter Escuelita de Famaillá
objective destroy ERP rural guerrilla foco
eliminate left-wing guerrilla groups in Tucumán
partOf Dirty War
perpetrator Argentine Armed Forces
security forces
preceded National Reorganization Process
provinceGovernorDuringOperation Amado Juri
recognizedAs crime against humanity by Argentine courts
relatedEvent 1976 Argentine coup d’état
Argentine Dirty War
linked to: Guerra Sucia
result military defeat of ERP rural front in Tucumán
startDate 1975-02-05
startYear 1975
targetedOrganization ERP rural front in Tucumán
Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo
Montoneros
timePeriod 1975–1977
usedTactics civic-military control of population
militarization of Tucumán Province
scorched earth tactics in rural areas
victim political activists
rural peasants
students
suspected guerrilla members
trade unionists

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Operation Independence alsoKnownAs Operativo Independencia