Public outcry in Peru following arrest of Argentine Montoneros

This report sent from the US Embassy in Peru to the US Secretary of State in Washington mentions a statement released by the Government of Peru regarding three Argentine Montoneros detained in Lima. The statement had mentioned that the three Argentines were expelled to Bolivia following their arrest in Peru. The US Ambassador to Peru reports on the public outcry in Peru generated by this case involving Argentine security forces..

Detention of Montoneros Campiglia and de Binstok in Rio de Janeiro

This note addressed to the US Ambassador to Argentina reports on a meeting between the Regional Security Officer of the US Diplomatic Security Service and a member of the Argentine intelligence services. The Argentine intelligence agent revealed top secret information that the Argentine military intelligence (601 battalion) had contacted their Brazilian counterpart in their mission to arrest two Montoneros (Horacio Campiglia and Susana de Binstok) in Rio de Janeiro on their way back from Mexico. The Montoneros were detained in a secret jail in Campo de Mayo.

OAS accuses Argentine and Uruguayan governments of cooperation to repress political exiles

This document is a news bulletin produced by US church-funded human rights organisation, the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA). It highlights a resolution by the Organization of American States (OAS) accusing the Argentine and Uruguayan governments of cooperation to repress political exiles by illegally returning exiles to their home country. This resolution specifically mentioned the case of Uruguayan journalist Enrique Rodriguez Larreta who, according to the OAS, was detained and tortured in Argentina before being returned to Uruguay in an Argentine military plane.

Information from UNHCR on the detainment of 26 Uruguayans in Buenos Aires

The UNHCR reports on the missing 26 Uruguayans who were abducted by the Argentine security forces between the late December of 1978 and early February 1979. An eyewitness account reveals that the group is being held in a derelict police station in southern Buenos Aires. The witness identifies that the group was interrogated by both Argentine and Uruguayan agents due to their accents.

Localización de dos niños uruguayos, Anatole y Victoria Julien Grisona en Chile

Este comunicado del Secretariado Internacional de Juristas por la Amnistia en Uruguay (SIJAU) cuenta la localización de los dos niños uruguayos, Anatole y Victoria Julien Grisona en Chile. Destaca que el hecho confirma las denuncias realizadas sobre las desapariciones de ciudadanos uruguayos y representa un logro para la campaña por los desaparecidos.