The US Embassy in Montevideo informs the State Department in Washington about five bodies with bullet wounds found at a roadside near Montevideo. The deceased are believed to be members of the Uruguayan movement, Tupamaros, but they are dressed in Argentine-made clothing which raises questions concerning the potential involvement of the Argentine military regime.
The US Embassy in Buenos Aires briefs the State Department in Washington that the leftist People's Revolutionary Army (ERP) had captured 6 news people, including 2 US nationals, in order to hold a conference with them.
The US Embassy in Paraguay shares reports with the State Department that the Argentine government had allegedly offered to exchange Paraguayan doctor and Colorado Party member, Agustín Goiburú Giménez for a political prisoner whom the Argentine police had turned over to the Paraguayan police in 1976. The United States has expressed concerns regarding the whereabouts of Goiburú's fellow Colorado Party leader, Epifanio Méndez Fleitas.
In this document, the US Embassy in Chile briefs the State Department on Pinochet's visits to Paraguay and Argentina. The US Embassy in Santiago declares to the Secretary of State that it is aware of close intelligence and security police ties between Chile and Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay etc.
Por medio del presente documento, el director chileno de la Central Nacional de Informaciones envia al Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores una copia de la Acta clausura de la Primera Reunión Interamericana de Inteligencia Nacional.
The Italian Supreme Court upheld the final verdict of life imprisonment against the 14 South American repressors, who participated in the homicides of Italian nationals, through different activities carried out in the context of Operation Condor.
The first lawsuit against Operation Condor in Argentina began in 1999.
On 16th October 1988, the former Chilean dictator, Augusto Pinochet was placed under house arrest in a hospital in London, where he was recovering from a minor surgery for a herniated disk. The Spanish judge, Baltasar Garzón had issued the international arrest warrant in order to proceed with a trial against the assassination of Spanish citizens during the Chilean dictatorship and Operation Condor.
