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Dirty War: The Argentine guerrilla group Montoneros carried out Operation Primicia, a terrorist attack in which they hijacked an Aerolíneas Argentinas flight, captured Formosa International Airport, and attacked a military regiment.
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Dirty War
Argentinian theatre of the Cold War, from 1976 to 1983
The Dirty War is the name used by the military junta or civic-military dictatorship of Argentina for its period of state terrorism in Argentina from 1974 to 1983. During this campaign, military and security forces and death squads in the form of the Argentine Anticommunist…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Montoneros
Argentine leftist guerrilla organization (1970–1983)
Montoneros was an Argentine far-left Peronist, Camilist and Roman Catholic revolutionary guerrilla organization, which emerged in the 1970s during the "Argentine Revolution" dictatorship. Its name was a reference to the 19th-century cavalry militias called Montoneras, which…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Operation Primicia
1975 guerrilla attack on the Argentine Army
Operation Primicia ("Scoop") was a large guerrilla assault that took place on 5 October 1975, in Formosa, Argentina. It was the largest attack ever launched by the paramilitary group Montoneros, which attempted to seize the barracks of the 29th Forest Infantry Regiment. The…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Aerolíneas Argentinas
State-owned flag carrier of Argentina
Aerolíneas Argentinas, formally Aerolíneas Argentinas S.A., is the state-owned flag carrier of Argentina and the country's largest airline. The airline was created in 1949, from the merger of Aeroposta Argentina (AA), Aviación del Litoral Fluvial Argentino (ALFA), Flota Aérea…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Formosa International Airport
Airport in Argentina
Formosa International Airport, also known as El Pucú Airport, is an international airport serving Formosa, Argentina, a city on the Paraguay River, which is locally the border between Argentina and Paraguay. The airport is operated by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)