Dokument #1086504
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
Attached is a copy of Truth and Partial
Justice, (New York/Washington: Americas Watch, 1987), pp.
73-80, which comments on the relationship between the military and
the government during the last years of the Alfonsin administration
in Argentina. Also attached are news articles from early 1988, when
military rebellions took place in Argentina. These report the
existence of at least two factions within the armed forces, one
that is loyal to the civilian government and one that is
antagonistic towards it. On one occasion, the police force was
called upon to arrest rebellious members of the military,
underlining the ideological split within the armed forces.
The governing party of Argentina changed
from the Radical Civic Union party to the Partido Justicialista
(commonly known as Peronista because of its roots in the party of
the late-president General Juan Domingo Peron) in the mid-1989
elections. Despite previous antagonism between "Peronistas" and the
military, at least one important military figure, Aldo Rico, who
rebelled against the previous president demanding amnesty for
officers punished after the Argentine "dirty war", reportedly
supported Menem during his presidential campaign. [ "Peronism set
to re-take Argentina", in The Sunday Star, 16 April 1989, p.
C11.] Various sources have reported in the first days of August
that president Menem has granted an amnesty and freed military
officers convicted for crimes committed under the military
regime.
For information on Argentina's secret
services, please find attached a copy of "Argentina still fears the
`services'", from Latin American Weekly Report, 9 July 1987,
pp. 4 and 5. No additional information on the subject could be
found among the sources presently available to the IRBDC.
Information on a traditional
father-children transfer or inheritance of weapons in Argentina
could not be found among the sources currently available to the
IRBDC.
-"Peronism to re-take Argentina", in
The Sunday Star, 16 April 1989, p. C11;