The Dirty War (Spanish: Guerra sucia) is the name used by the military junta or civic-military dictatorship of Argentina (Spanish: dictadura cívico-militar de Argentina) for its period of state terrorism [12] [10] [13] in Argentina [14] [15] from 1974 to 1983.

2025年1月11日 · Dirty War, infamous campaign waged from 1976 to 1983 by Argentina’s military dictatorship against suspected left-wing political opponents in which an estimated 10,000 to 30,000 citizens were killed, many of whom were ‘disappeared.’

During the Argentine government’s seven-year (1976-83) campaign against suspected dissidents and subversives, often known as the “Dirty War,” between 10,000 and 30,000 people were killed, including opponents of the government as well as innocent victims.

The darkest period of Argentina's modern history came during the "dirty war" (guerra sucia) waged by the nation's military dictatorship against its own people. From 1976 until their resounding defeat in the Falklands/Malvinas War of 1983, the military and its associated "death squads" harrassed, tortured, murdered, and "disappeared" thousands ...

From 1976-1983 during Argentina’s “Dirty War,” up to 30,000 people "disappeared". They protested against the law of full stop (Punto Final) sanctioned by the government of President Alfonsín...

2021年3月23日 · Since December 1975, U.S. agencies had received an increasing number of reports about a possible military coup against the shaky presidency of Isabel Peron in Argentina. This CIA bulletin reports:

Between 1976 and 1983, an estimated 10,000 to 30,000 people suspected of involvement with leftists guerrillas were “disappeared” by the authorities in what was known as the “Dirty War.” Victims were taken to clandestine detention centers, where the majority were tortured and killed.

2016年5月18日 · With the complicity of silence among all but a handful within the Argentine population, the military regime undertook widespread kidnappings, torture, and murder — not only of the violent...

Guerrilla warfare under Perón's presidency had resulted in serious political violence, as well as the murder of John Egan, a U.S. consular to Córdoba, by the Montoneros, which contributed to a feeling of insecurity among Americans in Argentina, as well as the possibility of Americans being the target of guerilla warfare. [30]

The Argentine armed forces’ so-called “Dirty War” began as a carefully crafted strategy for the military annihilation of several thousand leftist guerrillas. The original goal was achieved in approximately 18 months, an astonishing success for a nation that had endured years of uninterrupted terrorism and political violence.