Coup d’état in Argentina

On 24th March 1976, the Commanders of the Argentine Armed Forces led a coup d’état against the constitutional government under the then president, María Martínez de Perón, who had assumed the position since July 1974, following the death of Juan Domingo Perón.

By the early morning, a military junta was already established by the commanders of the Army, Navy and Air Force, namely General Jorge Rafael Videla, Admiral Emilio Eduardo Massera and Air Force Brigadier Orlando Ramón Agosti.