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2 unusual facts about Operativo Independencia


Operativo Independencia

Marie-Monique Robin's documentary (on the relationship between the French military and their Argentine counterparts)

The "counter-insurgency" tactics used by the French during the 1957 Battle of Algiers (relinquishing of civilian control to the military, state of emergency, block warden system (quadrillage), etc.


Bella Vista, Tucumán

Opposition from Tucumán authorities led to their persecution during the Operativo Independencia offensive of 1975, in addition to which a conflict with the far-left People's Revolutionary Army (ERP) band arose, leading to Santillán's death on March 22, 1976 (an unsolved mystery).


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