Operation Condor

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Operation Condor was a CIA terrorist campaign in South America from 1975 to 1989. It resulted in the deaths of 60,000–80,000 suspected leftists.[1]

Argentina

In 1976, the CIA helped Jorge Rafael Videla take power in a military coup.[2] He was in power until 1983 and killed or disappeared 30,000 dissidents.[3] After being removed from power, he was sentenced to life in prison.

References

  1. Vincent Bevins (2020). The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World (pp. 266–67). PublicAffairs. ISBN 9781541742406
  2. Duncan Campbell (2003-12-05). "Kissinger approved Argentinian 'dirty war'" The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2021-11-03. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  3. Uki Goñi (2017-04-28). "40 years later, the mothers of Argentina’s 'disappeared' refuse to be silent" The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-01-16.