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unusual facts about Navy Petty-Officers School of Mechanics


Juan Carlos Aramburu

Rubén Capitanio, a priest, sent a critical letter to the Conference where he mentioned, among other things, that Aramburu had given the Communion to people "that he knew were responsible of horrible public crimes," and that he had overlooked the human rights abuses at the Navy Mechanics School, within his jurisdiction.


Antonio Caggiano

He also says that in the course of counter-insurgency classes cadets at the Navy Mechanics School were shown the film The Battle of Algiers (1966), made by Italian communist director Gillo Pontecorvo.

Jorge Eduardo Acosta

Jorge Eduardo Acosta (27 May 1941), alias "el Tigre" ("The Tiger") was an Argentine captain of corvette, head of the Work Group (Grupo de Tareas) 3.3.2 of the ESMA naval school and in charge of this detention center during the Dirty War.


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