Life sentence for ex-Argentine Army general for summary execution of guerrillas in 1989

[Judi Lynn]

3. Had heard orignally through the former journalist with the UPI ( before it was sold to Rev. Moon )

that the Carapintadas have been involved in activities against leftists in Central America, as well, after the dictatorship in Argentina. Here's a quick reference from the Wikipedia on that:

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As was reported in the Buenos Aires Herald at the time, and in The Journal of Commerce and other US publications, both Rico and Sineldin spent time in Central America, where they trained Argentine cadres and other troops involved in supporting the US anti-leftist mission in the region. Both men have more than tangential connection to the organized torture and human rights violations that were carried out by the Argentine military during the nation's Dirty War.

On October 1989, president elect Carlos Menem signed a pardon for a number of detained military men; including 39 held by events during the military dictatorship, and 164 Carapintadas. In spite of this, on December 3, 1990 Seineldin again staged what would become known as the most violent Carapintada uprising. After the takeover of eight regiments, the rebellion ended with several deaths and 300 arrested.[3] Because of President Menem’s positive relations with the military, the uprising did not gain much military support and was shut down by the loyalist military within 36 hours.[3] A few days later, Menem signed the pardon for all the most important people convicted for misdeeds during the Dirty War.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carapintadas

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From the New York Times Archives:

A Warning From Argentina
MARCH 23, 1990

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The major and like-minded junior officers staged two further revolts. From the war paint smeared on their faces during these uprisings, they took the name ''carapintadas,'' meaning painted faces. They endorsed Mr. Menem's candidacy, and were rewarded with an amnesty covering all crimes during military rule.

Mr. Menem also ordered carapintada leaders retired from active duty. That left them more time to agitate politically. As the Op-Ed article suggests, they do not seek direct military rule. Their hope is to exercise power informally from within a figurehead Menem regime.

That's unacceptable for most Argentines, who blame the military for the disasters of the 70's and 80's. The carapintadas seek to deflect blame elsewhere - to the generals, to former President Alfonsin, to interests resisting the Menem reforms.

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https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/23/opinion/a-warning-from-argentina.html

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Tuesday, 12 May 2009 06:07
The former carapintadas in the coup against Evo

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In this framework act the sectors represented in UnAmérica, an organization in which the Argentine Carapintada Mones Ruiz serves as secretary, and they plan to file a complaint with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights against the Morales government accusing him of being responsible for the Massacre of Pando. The objective is to counteract the report approved by UNASUR that led to the prison, among others, of the Prefect of Pando for the persecution and the racist assassinations fired from the extreme right.

https://www.desdeabajo.info/mundo/item/12848-los-ex-carapintadas-en-el-golpismo-contra-evo.html

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Very strange info. which popped up in a computer translation regarding Carapintados:

30 years after "the house is in order", the carapintadas continue to bother
In the Holy Week of 1987, the government of Raúl Alfonsín had to face the most important military crisis since the return of democracy. What did the mutineers look for?

By Juan Robledo
April 15, 2017

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Justice framed the events of Holy Week as a "riot", a disciplinary offense - and not a crime against the constitutional order - for which only a few ringleaders had to respond. But if one takes into account the political instability that they generated, the "legal truth" is not up to the "historical truth". Rare paradox: that argument is the same as Juan José Gómez Centurión , a former carapitanda, months ago, when he questioned the "legal truth" of the existence of a systematic plan for the disappearance of people during the last dictatorship.

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https://www.infobae.com/politica/2017/04/15/a-30-anos-de-la-casa-esta-en-orden-los-carapintadas-siguen-incomodando/

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Some "Felices Pascuas" anniversary, isn't it? 32 years ago, almost exactly.