Notorious Graduates from Argentina

Miguel Alvarez Delgado, 1977 Joint Operations
Links to drug trafficking: Accused in the "Narconavales" case of cashing checks that came from a drug-trafficking ring. The proceedings against him were stayed in 1997. (Andean Information Network)

Luis Arce G?mez, 1958, Communications Officer; 1958, Tactical Officer, Radio Repair Armed insurrection (convicted), 1980: With Garcia Meza Tejada, Arce G?mez plotted and executed a bloody coup, which occurred on July 17, 1980. (Garcia Meza became "president" and Arce G?mez minister of the Interior.) Prior to the coup, Arce G?mez was in charge of assembling a paramilitary force to overthrow the government. (One of his recruits was Klaus Barbie.) (Americas Watch Report, Bolivia: The Trial of Responsibilities: The Garcia Meza Tejada Trial, 1993) Drug trafficking (convicted), 1989: Arce G?mez, who was declared a fugitive from justice in 1986, was captured by Bolivian police in 1989. With the approval of the Bolivian government, he was handed over to the United States and is currently serving a 30-year sentence in Miami for drug-trafficking. (Americas Watch Report, Bolivia: The Trial of Responsibilities: The Garcia Meza Tejada Trial, 1993)


COL Mario Davico, 1971, Military Intelligence Officer Course Advisor, Honduran Battalion 3-16, 1980's: One of several Argentinean military advisors present in Honduras during the early 1980's. The Honduran Armed Forces, particularly Battalion 3-16, were taught the "Argentine Method" of extreme repression practiced successfully during Argentina's "dirty war'
(1976-1983). Techniques included arbitrary detention, torture,
extrajudicial executions, and methods of disposing of the bodies of the victims. (Americas Watch Report: The Facts Speak for Themselves, 1994)

Juan Flores, 1964
List of repressors: Flores’ name was included in a list of repressors gleaned from testimony given to the National Commission of the Disappeared (CONADEP), an investigative body formed to clarify the events of Argentina’s “dirty war”. His name was mentioned in testimonies 02, 75, and 0440. Unfortunately, the complete text of the testimonies is archived by the Argentine government and is not available to the public. School of the Americas Watch is currently seeking further
information about Flores and other SOA graduates that appear on this list. (http://www.yendor.com/vanished/represores.html).

GEN Leopoldo Galtieri, 1949, Engineer Course
Military dictator, 1981-82: Achieved power by means of a violent coup, ousting Roberto Viola, below. (WP, 5/19/94) Galtieri was convicted and sentenced to 12 years in prison for leading Argentina into the disastrous war with Britain for control of the Falkland Islands. He was pardoned, along with 280 other human rights abusers by President Carlos Menem in October 1989. (The New York Times, 10/12/89)

Ricardo Garcia, 1971
List of repressors: Garcia’s name was included in a list of repressors gleaned from testimony given to the National Commission of the Disappeared (CONADEP), an investigative body formed to clarify the events of Argentina’s “dirty war”. His name was mentioned in testimony 3674. Unfortunately, the complete text of the testimonies is archived
by the Argentine government and is not available to the public. School of the Americas Watch is currently seeking further information about Garcia and other SOA graduates that appear on this list.(http://www.yendor.com/vanished/represores.html).

Hector Gonzalez, 1964
List of repressors: Gonzalez’ name was included in a list of repressors gleaned from testimony given to the National Commission of the Disappeared (CONADEP), an investigative body formed to clarify the events of Argentina’s “dirty war”. His name was mentioned in testimony 3382. Unfortunately, the complete text of the testimonies is archived by the Argentine government and is not available to the public. School of the Americas Watch is currently seeking further information about Gonzalez and other SOA graduates that appear on this list. (http://www.yendor.com/vanished/represores.html).

Miguel Angel Gonzalez, 1977
List of repressors: Gonzalez’ name was included in a list of repressors gleaned from testimony given to the National Commission of the Disappeared (CONADEP), an investigative body formed to clarify the events of Argentina’s “dirty war”. His name was mentioned in testimony 3674. Unfortunately, the complete text of the testimonies is archived
by the Argentine government and is not available to the public. School of the Americas Watch is currently seeking further information about Gonzalez and other SOA graduates that appear on this list. (http://www.yendor.com/vanished/represores.html).

CPT Osvaldo Guarnaccia, 1964
List of repressors: Guarnaccia’ s name was included in a list of repressors gleaned from testimony given to the National Commission of the Disappeared (CONADEP), an investigative body formed to clarify the events of Argentina’s “dirty war”. His name was mentioned in testimony 4972. Unfortunately, the complete text of the testimonies is archived
by the Argentine government and is not available to the public. School of the Americas Watch is currently seeking further information about Guarnaccia and other SOA graduates that appear on this list. (http://www.yendor.com/vanished/represores.html).

Carlos Alberto Martinez, 1970
List of repressors: Martinez’ name was included in a list of repressors gleaned from testimony given to the National Commission of the Disappeared (CONADEP), an investigative body formed to clarify the events of Argentina’s “dirty war”. His name was mentioned in testimony 7169. Unfortunately, the complete text of the testimonies is archived
by the Argentine government and is not available to the public. School of the Americas Watch is currently seeking further information about Martinez and other SOA graduates that appear on this list. (http://www.yendor.com/vanished/represores.html).

Joaquin M. Urruty Formiguni, 1973
List of repressors: Urruty’s name was included in a list of repressors gleaned from testimony given to the National Commission of the Disappeared (CONADEP), an investigative body formed to clarify the events of Argentina’s “dirty war”. His name was mentioned in testimony 2403 as head of a clandestine detention center. Unfortunately, the complete text of the testimonies is archived by the Argentine government
and is not available to the public. School of the Americas Watch is currently seeking further information about Formiguni and other SOA graduates that appear on this list.
(http://www.yendor.com/vanished/represores.html).

GEN Roberto Viola, 1971, Tactical Officer, Arg. Cadet Course Military dictator, 1981: Achieved power via scheduled change of military rulers. (WP, 5/19/94) In December 1985, Viola was convicted of murder, kidnapping and torture during the "dirty war."(The New York Times, 10/8/89)