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Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul Instituto De Filosofia E Ciências Humanas Programa De Pós-graduação Em História
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Klafke, Álvaro Antonio |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Abstract | This paper aims to discuss about the developments of the operation called "death flights" in Argentina, during the last civil-military dictatorship in that country between the years 1976 to 1983. It can be said that the “death flights” configured simultaneously, a practice of disappearance, death and concealment of corpses of political opponents by the state. This methodology used in the practice of disappearance varied as time and the conditions in the Clandestine Detention Centers (CCD). Taking into account this fact, it was an option of this work to address in more details the most emblematic case, the ESMA (Escuela de Mecánica de la Armada), one of the largest active concentration camps during the period of military dictatorship. For considerations of this work, documents produced by argentine courts at the time of the trials of repressors accused of crimes against humanity, as well as personal testimonies of repressors and survivors of ESMA were analyzed. The practice of the “death flights” and its consequences transcend the physical space that occupied the CCD. These developments even beyond the boundaries of Argentina itself, due to the fact that through the currents of the Rio de la Plata and the Atlantic Ocean, corpses were taken to the beaches of Uruguay, a nation that also at the time lived under a dictatorial regime. In addition of being a methodology of disappearance, the “death flights” can also be understood as a methodology of concealment of corpses, once is it possible to understand the case of the bodies thrown into the Parana River delta, in the province of Entre Rios, and several witnesses of the apparitions. There is also the case of the corpses appeared on the Brazilian coast, in April 1978, documented by journalists, raising suspicions about the connivance of the Brazilian authorities with the concealment of the remains of victims of the “death flights”. For consideration of these developments, witness sources are analyzed. The understanding of the operations of disappearance methodology and concealment of corpses is essential to understand these developments cited. |
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| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
