¿Qué fue la Triple A en Argentina?

In this episode, historian Claudia Ferri tells you about the origins of the Argentine Anti-Communist Alliance, a paramilitary group better known as Triple A. Key Points: The Argentine Anti-Communist Alliance, better known as "Triple A," was a far-right paramilitary group that is estimated to have murdered between 1,500 and 2,000 people. It operated between 1973 and 1976, during the Peronist government. On June 20, 1973, Juan Domingo Perón arrived in the country after 18 years of proscription and exile. From the very beginning, he relied on sectors of the Peronist right, who received their baptism of fire that same day in the Ezeiza massacre. Perón had returned to the country to restore order. His goal was to contain the revolutionary upsurge, but things didn't go as expected because the working-class and student vanguard and the "wonderful youth" remained standing. On October 1, Perón's birthday, he called a meeting of his government officials, high-ranking military and police officers, from which a "classified document" would be published the following day by the newspaper La Opinión. It stated that there was a war and that the State had to use all necessary means to confront the enemy. Thus, the Triple A emerged to liquidate the left and the radicalized wing of the Peronist movement. Among its ranks were police officers, former police officers, military personnel, sectors of the union bureaucracy, and even Croatian mercenaries. The leader of the gang was the "brujo" López Rega, Perón's secretary who had been in charge of the Ministry of Social Welfare since 1973. Many men and weapons were recruited from there for the operations. The task force's methodology was as follows: late at night, they kidnapped the victims from their homes or workplaces, tied them up, tortured them, and murdered them. Everyone aimed, everyone shot, while the police were in charge of clearing the area. Most of their victims were militant Peronists and leftist organizations, and within them, Trotskyism was one of the most attacked sectors, even during Perón's lifetime. The Triple A's activity increased after Perón's death, with Isabel as president. They attacked the militant workers of Villa Constitución, acted in coordination with other right-wing groups, and even had connections to Plan Condor, the repressive coordinating body that connected the entire Southern Cone and financed the CIA. #Peronism #AAA #ArgentineAntiCommunistAlliance