Argentine and Peruvian military kidnap four Argentines in Lima, Peru

This memorandum, addressed to the US Ambassador in Buenos Aires, was written by the Regional Security Officer (RSO) James Blystone and reports on a meeting the RSO had with a member of the Argentine Intelligence Service. The source stated that the 601 Battalion had, with the cooperation of the Peruvian military, picked up four Argentines in Lima, Peru. The four individuals are important members of the Montonero hierarchy. The four Argentines were being held in Peru and would later be expelled to Bolivia where they will be then sent to Argentina.

Detention of Montoneros Campiglia and de Binstock in Rio de Janeiro

This memorandum 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 military intelligence counterparts for permission to conduct a mission to arrest two Montoneros arriving from Mexico.

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 26 Uruguayans who disappeared in Buenos Aires

The UNHCR reports on the missing 26 Uruguayans who were abducted by the Argentine security forces between the late December of 1977 and early February 1978. 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.