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1. |B SUMMARY/TRENDS: OF PROBABLE GREATEST LONG TERM
SIGNIFICANCE THIS WEEK WAS NEWS THAT PRESIDENT VIDELA SIGNED
THE LONG EXPECTED PRISONER TREATMENT CODE, AND THAT IT HAD
BEEN SENT TO A RANKING CIVILIAN-MILITARY COMMITTEE FOR
IMPLEMENTING INSTRUCTIONS TO BE ISSUED. WE HAVE RECEIVED
NO REPORTS OF APRIL DISAPPEARANCES. THE TWO MARCH
DISAPPEARANCES (THE BARREIROS' CASE, REPORTED EARLIER)
HAVE BEEN PUBLICIZED IN THE BUENOS AIRES HERALD BUT
REMAIN UNSOLVED. END SUMMARY/TRENDS.
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REFORMS TO THE ARGENTINE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE HAD
BEEN PREPARED. AMONG THE NUMEROUS TECHNICAL PROPOSALS,
"BRIEFLY DESCRIBED, SEVERAL APPEAR SIGNIFICANT: UNIFI-
CATION OF CURRENT TWO-STEP CRIMINAL TRIAL PROCEDURE,
REDUCTION OF THE PERIOD DURING WHICH PRISONERS MAY BE
HELD INCOMMUNICADO (WHICH NOW IS A FIVE-DAY PERIOD AND
CAN BE EXTENDED ONCE), SIMPLIFICATION OF THE PAROLE
SYSTEM, FINES AGAINST UNWILLING WITNESSES OR PERSONS WHO
DO NOT PROVIDE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY COURT, AND CREATION
OF NEW CRIMINAL COURTS (CAMARA DEL CRIMEN AND CAMARA
DEL CRIMEN Y PENAL ECONOMICO). COMMENT: WE WILL REPORT
THE REACTIONS OF THE CRIMINAL BAR AND HRO'S AS SOON AS
THE LANGUAGE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSAL IS MADE PUBLIC.
3. (U) MORE ON JUNIN PRISON -----
AS REPORTED REFTEL THE
MODEL PRISON AT JUNIN WAS INAUGURATED ON APRIL 18,
ONE REPORT (SEE PARA. 14) IS THAT IT WILL NOT BE USED FOR PEN
PRISONERS. THE PRISON, WHICH IS
LOCATED OUTSIDE THE TOWN OF JUNIN
IN THE PROVINCE OF BUENOS AIRES, WAS DESIGNED FOR 32 0
PRISONERS BUT ACCORDING TO NEWS REPORTS COULD BE
INCREASED TO 500, IF NEEDED. THE 5 0 ACRE FACILITY IS
MADE UP OF A NUMBER OF SEPARATE BUILDINGS CONNECTED
BY WALLED AND COVERED PASSAGEWAYS AND SURROUNDED BY
HIGH CHAIN-LINKED FENCES. THE ENTIRE COMPLEX IS
MONITORED BY 74 CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION CAMERAS. THE
FACILITY HAS TWO SEPARATE PAVILIONS FOR MEN--ONE FOR
MAXIMUM, THE OTHER FOR MINIMUM SECURITY. EACH HAS 40
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SERVICE BUILDINGS FOR COOKING, LAUNDRY, BAKING, AND
SHOPS. THERE IS ALSO A WOMEN'S PAVILION WHICH IS DIVIDED
INTO THREE SECTIONS. THE PRISON WILL BE RUN BY THE
PROVINCIAL PRISON AUTHORITIES OF BUENOS AIRES. IT WAS
CONSTRUCTED IN 1977 AS A MILITARY PRISON BUT WAS
NOT OFFICIALLY COMMISSIONED. (SEE PARA 15 RE CASEROS
PRISON INAUGURATION.)
4. l^P CLANDESTINE FACILITIES DECOMMISSIONED---.--
IN RECENT. WEEKS THE EMBASSY HAS RECEIVED INFORMATION
REGARDING THE "DECOMMISSIONING" OF THREE FACILITIES PRE-
VIOUSLY REPORTED TO HOLD CLANDESTINE PRISONERS. "LA ARANA",
AN INTERROGATION AND DETENTION FACILITY, WHICH REPORTEDLY
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HOUSED 12 PRISONERS AS RECENTLY AS JANUARY 1979, HAS BEEN
DYNAMITED. THIS FACILITY, LOCATED ON THE ESTANCIA OF
THE SAME NAME 5 0 KMS SOUTH OF THE CITY OF LA PLATA WAS
VISITED BY TWO MEMBERS OF THE LA PLATA BRANCH OF THE
PERMANENT ASSEMBLY. THESE INDIVIDUALS REPORTED TO THE
ASSEMBLY THAT EXPLOSIVES HAD BEEN DETONATED IN THE BUILD-
ING AND THE FACILITY DESTROYED. THEY NOTED
THAT THE BASE OF THE WALLS OF THE SMALL INDIVIDUAL
CELLS ON THE GROUND FLOOR COULD BE IDENTIFIED.
5. fll ANOTHER FACILITY LOCATED IN THE CITY OF BUENOS
AIRES ON PASEO COLON NEAR THE PORT AREA HAS BEEN RAZED.
THIS INTERROGATION FACILITY, WELL KNOWN IN HUMAN RIGHTS
CIRCLES FROM STORIES OF ITS SPIRAL STAIRCASE TOLD BY
FORMER PRISONERS, WAS REPORTEDLY RUN BY'ARMY INTELLIGENCE.
(COMMENT: A NUMBER OF PRISONERS HOUSED IN THIS FACILITY
WAS TRANSFERRED TO A NEW DETENTION SITE NEAR EZEIZA
AIRPORT IN EARLY 1978, ACCORDING TO OTHER SOURCES. END
COMMENT)
6. V THE OFFICIAL INAUGURATION OF THE MODEL PRISON
AT JUNIN AS A BUENOS AIRES PROVINCIAL PRISON SIGNALS
THE PROBABLE CLOSING OF A LONG SUSPECTED FACILITY FOR
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CLANDESTINE HOLDING. JUNIN HAS BEEN REPORTED BY HUMAN
RIGHTS AND FRENCH EMBASSY SOURCES AS HAVING HOUSED
UNRECOGNIZED PRISONERS.
7. (U) DECREE ISSUED ON PRISONER TREATMENT ----
THE ARGENTINE PRESS REPORTED ON APRIL 22 "THAT PRESIDENT
VIDELA HAS SIGNED A DECREE ESTABLISHING THE STANDARDS
OF TREATMENT AND CONDUCT FOR ALL PRISONERS IN ARGENTINA.
THE EMBASSY HAS JUST RECEIVED (AFTERNOON 4/26) A COPY
OF THE DETAILED DECREE FROM THE FOWG AND WILL SUBMIT
A REPORT BY SEPTEL.
8. (U) ORFILA ON IACHR VISIT ----
THE BUENOS AIRES HERALD REPORTED ON AN INTERVIEW HELD
BY A LOCAL RADIO STATION WITH OAS SECRETARY GENERAL
ORFILA ON APRIL 21. THE STORY EMPHASIZED ORFILA'S
STATEMENT THAT THE INVITATION EXTENDED BY THE ARGENTINE
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GOVERNMENT TO IACHR TO COME TO BUENOS AIRES HAS CAUSED
AN EXTREMELY FAVORABLE IMPRESSION ON THE UNITED STATES
AND OTHER COUNTRIES OF THIS CONTINENT. ORFILA SAID
THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO SAY WHEN THE COMMITTEE WOULD BE
COMING TO ARGENTINA AS THIS DEPENDED ON FORMING TWO NEW
BODIES WITHIN THE OAS. THE DATE, HE NOTED, WOULD BE
SET LATER, AFTER NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE ARGENTINE GOVERN-
MENT CONCERNING THE VISIT. (COMMENT: FOWG SOURCE TOLD
EMBOFF THIS WEEK THAT FORNMIN NOW EXPECTED IACHR VISIT
IN EARLY OR MID-AUGUST. END COMMENT)
9. (U) BRAZILIAN CONGRESSMEN SEEK RELEASE OF PEN
PRISONERS -----
THE BUENOS AIRES HERALD REPORTED ON APRIL 2 6 THAT A
GROUP OF BRAZILIAN CONGRESSMEN FROM THE ARENA AND
OPPOSITION MDD PARTIES PLAN TO SEEK AUDIENCES WITH THE
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PRISONERS" HELD IN THESE THREE COUNTRIES.
10. W RIGHT OF OPTION MEETINGS SPARK RUMORS -----
MININT PRESS ANNOUNCEMENTS REGARDING GENERAL
HARGUINDEGUY'S RECENT MEETINGS WITH MEMBERS OF THE
PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL (REFTEL) SET UP UNDER
THE RIGHT OF OPTION LAW HAVE SPARKED RUMORS THAT THE
GOVERNMENT PLANS TO RELEASE A LARGE NUMBER OF PEN
PRISONERS IN THE
NEAR FUTURE. RECENT EMBASSY CONVERSATIONS WITH MILITARY,
INTERIOR AND FORNMIN OFFICIALS HOWEVER DO NOT SUPPORT THESE
SPECULATIONS. GOVERNMENT SOURCES HAVE UNIFORMLY
MAINTAINED THE NECESSITY OF HOLDING AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER
OF PERSONS UNDER EXECUTIVE DETENTION WHO ARE DANGEROUS
OR INTELLECTUAL SUBVERSIVES BUT ON WHOM THE GOVERNMENT
HAS INSUFFICIENT PROOF TO CONVICT IN EITHER A MILITARY
OR CIVILIAN COURT. THE ARMY SECRETARY GENERAL RECENTLY
DREW THE PARALLEL BETWEEN EXTENDED PEN DETENTIONS AND
THE SENTENCES HANDED DOWN AT THE NUREMBURG TRIALS,
POINTING OUT THAT AT THE END OF EACH WAR THE WINNERS
LOCK UP THE SURVIVING LOSERS.
11. (U) BODIES WASH UP ON URUGUAYAN SHORE -----
BUENOS AIRES PAPERS REPORTED ON APRIL 10, 1979 THAT
THREE BODIES HAD WASHED UP WITHIN A WEEK ON THE URUGUAYAN
COAST A HUNDRED MILES EAST OF MONTEVIDEO. THE BUENOS
AIRES HERALD NOTED IN ITS STORY THAT IN OCTOBER, 1976,
13 BODIES WASHED UP ON URUGUAYAN SHORES, SOME WITH
THEIR HANDS TIED BEHIND THEIR BACK AND IT WAS
SPECULATED THEN THAT THESE BODIES MAY HAVE BEEN VICTIMS
OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN ARGENTINA.
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12. W COMMENT: HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS ARE SPECULATING
THE SAME THING NOW, BUT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OTHER
POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS. END COMMENT.
13. 9f REAPPEARANCE REPORT CIRCULATES WIDELY -----
SEVERAL HUMAN RIGHTS SOURCES HAVE REPORTED THAT A YOUNG
DOCTOR WHO WAS ABDUCTED IN EARLY 1977 WAS RETURNED
BRIEFLY TO HIS HOME IN MAID-MARCH AND THEN TAKEN BY
ARMY OPERATIVES AND PLACED ON A FLIGHT ABROAD. ONE
SOURCE TOLD EMBOFF THAT HER INFORMATION CAME FROM THE
MOTHER OF THE DOCTOR'S FORMER GIRLFRIEND WHO HAD BEEN
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ABDUCTED WITH HIM. THE DOCTOR REPORTEDLY HAD SOME CON-
TACTS WITH HIS FAMILY DURING THE LAST TWO YEARS.
COMMENT: ALTHOUGH WE HAVE NO CONFIRMATION REGARDING THIS
SPECIFIC REPORT, IT APPEARS TO FIT A PATTERN OF SEVERAL
OTHER RECENT REPORTS IN WHICH TRUSTYS HAVE BEEN PLACED
OUTSIDE OF ARGENTINA BY SECURITY SERVICES. THOSE
.UNSUBSTANTIATED RELEASE REPORTS, OF COURSE,
FUEL THE HOPES OF FAMILIES OF THE
DISAPPEAREDS THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE ALIVE. END COMMENT.
14. H| PRISONS FOR PEN DETAINEES ----
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INAUGURATED THE CASEROS JAIL ON
APRIL 23. THE NEW 18 FLOOR HIGH RISE LOCATED IN DOWN-
TOWN BUENOS AIRES WAS DWSIGNED TO HOUSE 1,860 PRISONERS,
EACH IN SMALL INDIVIDUAL CELLS. THE BUILDING HAS, IN
ADDITION TO THE USUAL FACILITIES, AN AUDITORIUM, A GYMNASIUM
AND A GAME ROOM, BUT VERY LIMITED OUTDOOR RECREATION
ROOM. THE FACILITY WAS CONSTRUCTED FOR SHORT TERM
.DETENTION OF FEDERAL PRISONERS IN TRANSIT OR ON TRIAL.
L jHAS EXAMINED THE
"FACILITY AND HAS INFORMED THE GOVERNMENT THAT IT DID
NOT CONSIDER THE FACILITY SUITABLE FOR LONG TERM
DETENTION OF PEN PRISONERS. A FOWG OFFICIAL INFORMED
EMBASSY THIS WEEK THAT THE INTERIOR AND JUSTICE MINISTRIES
HAD DECIDED TO USE CASEROS ONLY FOR SHORT TERM DETENTION
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OF PEN PRISONERS. FOWG SOURCE ALSO INFORMED THE EMBASSY
THAT THE JAIL LOCATED AT JUNIN, BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE
WILL NOT BE USED FOR PEN PRISONERS. INSTEAD, THE LARGER
PRISON AT LA PLATA WILL CONTINUE SERVING ^S THE MAJOR
DETENTION FACILITY FOR MEN HELD UNDER THE PEN. THE
ADDITION TO THE LA PLATA PRISON, FEMALE PEN PRISONERS
WILL BE HELD AT VILLA DEVOTO, "VERY DANGEROUS MALE PEN
PRISONERS WILL BE HELD AT RAWSON, A PRISON IN. PATAGONIA,
AND "SHORT TERM" PRISONERS WILL BE HELD IN J7HE NEW
CASEROS FACILITY. COMMENT: IT APPEARS THATji
"^OBJECTIONS OVER USING THE NEW HIGH RISE CASEROS
PRISON^FOR LONG TERM PEN DETENTIONS MAY HAVE FORCED
DROPPING THE PROPOSAL TO USE THE 3 60 PERSON JUNIN
PRISON, IN FAVOR OF MAINTAINING THE LARGER LA PLATA
FACILITY. END COMMENT.
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5. (U) BARREIRO DISAPPEARANCE UPDATE -----
THE BUENOS AIRES HERALD FRONT PAGED ON APRIL 21 THE STORY OF THE
MARCH 12 ABDUCTION OF MR. AND MRS. ROBERTO M. BARREIRO
(CASE NOS. 893/79/4 AND 894/79/4) (SEE BUENOS AIRES 2828).
THE STORY REPORTED THE EFFORTS OF MR. BARREIRO'S MOTHER
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TO LOCATE HER SON AND DAUGHTER IN LAW THROUGH FILING
HABEAS CORPUS PETITIONS, WRITING PRESIDENT VIDELA,
INTERIOR MINISTER HARGUINDEGUY, THE THREE JUNTA MEMBERS,
THE POPE AND CHURCH LEADERS. THE HERALD STORY ALSO
REPORTED THAT BARREIROS MOTHER HAD BEEN ABDUCTED FOR A
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH HER DAUGHTER IN LAW. THE
CAPTORS REPORTEDLY DROVE THEM BOTH AROUND THE CITY
EXCHANGING INSTRUCTIONS OVER THEIR CAR RADIOS UNTIL
THEY WERE TOLD TO TAKE MRS. BARREIRO HOME AND BRING
HER DAUGHTER IN LAW "HERE".
16. |0 FOWG OFFICIAL TOLD EMBOFF ON MARCH 26 THAT THE
MINISTRY OF INTERIOR WAS CONDUCTING AN EXTENSIVE
INVESTIGATION INTO THE DISAPPEARANCES AND PROMISED
A REPORT WILL BE ISSUED ON THE MATTER SHORTLY. THE
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THE BARREIROS' WHEREABOUTS.
17. (U) JAIME LOKMAN CASE UPDATE (CASE NO 90/77/9)---
MRS9 LOKMAN ON APRIL 2 6 PRESENTED THE EMBASSY A COPY
OF HER PETITION TO THE SUPREME COURT APPEALING THE
FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL OF CORDOBA DENIAL OF THE HABEAS
CORPUS PETITION ON BEHALF OF HER HUSBAND, JAIM LOKMAN.
THE APPEAL WAS FILED WITH THE ARGENTINE SUPREME COURT
DURING THE WEEK OF APRIL 9. MRS LOKMAN ALSO EXPRESSED
CONCERN REGARDING THE PRPOSED TRANSFER OF HER HUSBAND
FROM LA PLATA PRISON TO THE NEW CASEROS JAIL. MRS
LOKMAN IS TRYING TO GET THE PRISON AUTHORITIES TO
RUN AN ELECTROCARDIOGRAM ON HER HUSBAND WHO HAS A HEART
CONDITION. SHE SAYS THE RED CROSS DOES NOT HAVE THE
EQUIPMENT TO DO THIS AND THE PRISON AUTHORITIES HAVE
NOT PROVIDED THIS BASIC EXAMINATION FOR HER HUSBAND.
18. (U) FRENCH ANTI-ARGENTINE CAMPAIGNREPORTEDLY REDUCED-
ARGENTINE AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE, TOMAS ANCHORENA,
ANNOUNCED IN A STATEMENT TO THE PRESS ON APRIL 15 THAT
THE ANTI-ARGENTINE MEDIA CAMPAIGN IN FRANCE HAD
SIGNIFICANTLY DROPPED IN INTENSITY. ANCHORENA NOTED
THAT EUROPE, AND FRANCE IN PARTICULAR, HAVE VERIFIED
THAT ARGENTINE DID NOT OVER-REACT WHEN IT INITIATED
A WAR AGAINST THE TERRORISTS. THE AMBASSADOR ADDED
THAT IT IS NOW THE OLD WORLD WHICH FACES A LARGE SCALE
INSURRECTION GENERATED BY THE SAME TERRORIST FORCES.
19. (U) CABILDO EDITORS FINED-----
FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT IMPOSED A FINE OF $166 AND A
SUSPENDED TWO YEAR PRISON SENTENCE ON RICARDO CURUCHET
OROMI AND JUAN CARLOS MONEDERO, THE DIRCTOR AND
EDITOR OF THE EXTREME RIGHT WING MAGAZINE, "CABILDO,"
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AFTER FINDING THEM GUILTY OF "SLANDER AND ABUSE, AGGRAVATED
THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THE PRESS." THE SLANDER CHARGES
WERE BROUGH BY MOISES KOSTZER, A WEALTHY JEWISH BUSI-
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NESSMAN WHO WAS ATTACKED IN A LETTER TO THE EDITOR
PUBLISHED IN THE SEPTEMBER, 1977 ISSUE OF "CABILDO,"
AS BEING A MARXIST THEORIST AND AN ECONOMIC SUBVERSIVE.
ACCORDING TO A DAIA SOURCE, THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED TO
THE COURT SHOWED THAT THE NAME USED IN THE LETTER WAS
FICTITIOUS AND THE CHARGES BASELESS. THE CABILDO
EDITORS ARE APPEALING THE JUDGE'S DECISION.
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SIGNIFICANCE THIS WEEK WAS NEWS THAT PRESIDENT VIDELA SIGNED
THE LONG EXPECTED PRISONER TREATMENT CODE, AND THAT IT HAD
BEEN SENT TO A RANKING CIVILIAN-MILITARY COMMITTEE FOR
IMPLEMENTING INSTRUCTIONS TO BE ISSUED. WE HAVE RECEIVED
NO REPORTS OF APRIL DISAPPEARANCES. THE TWO MARCH
DISAPPEARANCES (THE BARREIROS' CASE, REPORTED EARLIER)
HAVE BEEN PUBLICIZED IN THE BUENOS AIRES HERALD BUT
REMAIN UNSOLVED. END SUMMARY/TRENDS.
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REFORMS TO THE ARGENTINE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE HAD
BEEN PREPARED. AMONG THE NUMEROUS TECHNICAL PROPOSALS,
"BRIEFLY DESCRIBED, SEVERAL APPEAR SIGNIFICANT: UNIFI-
CATION OF CURRENT TWO-STEP CRIMINAL TRIAL PROCEDURE,
REDUCTION OF THE PERIOD DURING WHICH PRISONERS MAY BE
HELD INCOMMUNICADO (WHICH NOW IS A FIVE-DAY PERIOD AND
CAN BE EXTENDED ONCE), SIMPLIFICATION OF THE PAROLE
SYSTEM, FINES AGAINST UNWILLING WITNESSES OR PERSONS WHO
DO NOT PROVIDE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY COURT, AND CREATION
OF NEW CRIMINAL COURTS (CAMARA DEL CRIMEN AND CAMARA
DEL CRIMEN Y PENAL ECONOMICO). COMMENT: WE WILL REPORT
THE REACTIONS OF THE CRIMINAL BAR AND HRO'S AS SOON AS
THE LANGUAGE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSAL IS MADE PUBLIC.
3. (U) MORE ON JUNIN PRISON -----
AS REPORTED REFTEL THE
MODEL PRISON AT JUNIN WAS INAUGURATED ON APRIL 18,
ONE REPORT (SEE PARA. 14) IS THAT IT WILL NOT BE USED FOR PEN
PRISONERS. THE PRISON, WHICH IS
LOCATED OUTSIDE THE TOWN OF JUNIN
IN THE PROVINCE OF BUENOS AIRES, WAS DESIGNED FOR 32 0
PRISONERS BUT ACCORDING TO NEWS REPORTS COULD BE
INCREASED TO 500, IF NEEDED. THE 5 0 ACRE FACILITY IS
MADE UP OF A NUMBER OF SEPARATE BUILDINGS CONNECTED
BY WALLED AND COVERED PASSAGEWAYS AND SURROUNDED BY
HIGH CHAIN-LINKED FENCES. THE ENTIRE COMPLEX IS
MONITORED BY 74 CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION CAMERAS. THE
FACILITY HAS TWO SEPARATE PAVILIONS FOR MEN--ONE FOR
MAXIMUM, THE OTHER FOR MINIMUM SECURITY. EACH HAS 40
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SERVICE BUILDINGS FOR COOKING, LAUNDRY, BAKING, AND
SHOPS. THERE IS ALSO A WOMEN'S PAVILION WHICH IS DIVIDED
INTO THREE SECTIONS. THE PRISON WILL BE RUN BY THE
PROVINCIAL PRISON AUTHORITIES OF BUENOS AIRES. IT WAS
CONSTRUCTED IN 1977 AS A MILITARY PRISON BUT WAS
NOT OFFICIALLY COMMISSIONED. (SEE PARA 15 RE CASEROS
PRISON INAUGURATION.)
4. l^P CLANDESTINE FACILITIES DECOMMISSIONED---.--
IN RECENT. WEEKS THE EMBASSY HAS RECEIVED INFORMATION
REGARDING THE "DECOMMISSIONING" OF THREE FACILITIES PRE-
VIOUSLY REPORTED TO HOLD CLANDESTINE PRISONERS. "LA ARANA",
AN INTERROGATION AND DETENTION FACILITY, WHICH REPORTEDLY
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HOUSED 12 PRISONERS AS RECENTLY AS JANUARY 1979, HAS BEEN
DYNAMITED. THIS FACILITY, LOCATED ON THE ESTANCIA OF
THE SAME NAME 5 0 KMS SOUTH OF THE CITY OF LA PLATA WAS
VISITED BY TWO MEMBERS OF THE LA PLATA BRANCH OF THE
PERMANENT ASSEMBLY. THESE INDIVIDUALS REPORTED TO THE
ASSEMBLY THAT EXPLOSIVES HAD BEEN DETONATED IN THE BUILD-
ING AND THE FACILITY DESTROYED. THEY NOTED
THAT THE BASE OF THE WALLS OF THE SMALL INDIVIDUAL
CELLS ON THE GROUND FLOOR COULD BE IDENTIFIED.
5. fll ANOTHER FACILITY LOCATED IN THE CITY OF BUENOS
AIRES ON PASEO COLON NEAR THE PORT AREA HAS BEEN RAZED.
THIS INTERROGATION FACILITY, WELL KNOWN IN HUMAN RIGHTS
CIRCLES FROM STORIES OF ITS SPIRAL STAIRCASE TOLD BY
FORMER PRISONERS, WAS REPORTEDLY RUN BY'ARMY INTELLIGENCE.
(COMMENT: A NUMBER OF PRISONERS HOUSED IN THIS FACILITY
WAS TRANSFERRED TO A NEW DETENTION SITE NEAR EZEIZA
AIRPORT IN EARLY 1978, ACCORDING TO OTHER SOURCES. END
COMMENT)
6. V THE OFFICIAL INAUGURATION OF THE MODEL PRISON
AT JUNIN AS A BUENOS AIRES PROVINCIAL PRISON SIGNALS
THE PROBABLE CLOSING OF A LONG SUSPECTED FACILITY FOR
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CLANDESTINE HOLDING. JUNIN HAS BEEN REPORTED BY HUMAN
RIGHTS AND FRENCH EMBASSY SOURCES AS HAVING HOUSED
UNRECOGNIZED PRISONERS.
7. (U) DECREE ISSUED ON PRISONER TREATMENT ----
THE ARGENTINE PRESS REPORTED ON APRIL 22 "THAT PRESIDENT
VIDELA HAS SIGNED A DECREE ESTABLISHING THE STANDARDS
OF TREATMENT AND CONDUCT FOR ALL PRISONERS IN ARGENTINA.
THE EMBASSY HAS JUST RECEIVED (AFTERNOON 4/26) A COPY
OF THE DETAILED DECREE FROM THE FOWG AND WILL SUBMIT
A REPORT BY SEPTEL.
8. (U) ORFILA ON IACHR VISIT ----
THE BUENOS AIRES HERALD REPORTED ON AN INTERVIEW HELD
BY A LOCAL RADIO STATION WITH OAS SECRETARY GENERAL
ORFILA ON APRIL 21. THE STORY EMPHASIZED ORFILA'S
STATEMENT THAT THE INVITATION EXTENDED BY THE ARGENTINE
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GOVERNMENT TO IACHR TO COME TO BUENOS AIRES HAS CAUSED
AN EXTREMELY FAVORABLE IMPRESSION ON THE UNITED STATES
AND OTHER COUNTRIES OF THIS CONTINENT. ORFILA SAID
THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO SAY WHEN THE COMMITTEE WOULD BE
COMING TO ARGENTINA AS THIS DEPENDED ON FORMING TWO NEW
BODIES WITHIN THE OAS. THE DATE, HE NOTED, WOULD BE
SET LATER, AFTER NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE ARGENTINE GOVERN-
MENT CONCERNING THE VISIT. (COMMENT: FOWG SOURCE TOLD
EMBOFF THIS WEEK THAT FORNMIN NOW EXPECTED IACHR VISIT
IN EARLY OR MID-AUGUST. END COMMENT)
9. (U) BRAZILIAN CONGRESSMEN SEEK RELEASE OF PEN
PRISONERS -----
THE BUENOS AIRES HERALD REPORTED ON APRIL 2 6 THAT A
GROUP OF BRAZILIAN CONGRESSMEN FROM THE ARENA AND
OPPOSITION MDD PARTIES PLAN TO SEEK AUDIENCES WITH THE
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PRISONERS" HELD IN THESE THREE COUNTRIES.
10. W RIGHT OF OPTION MEETINGS SPARK RUMORS -----
MININT PRESS ANNOUNCEMENTS REGARDING GENERAL
HARGUINDEGUY'S RECENT MEETINGS WITH MEMBERS OF THE
PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL (REFTEL) SET UP UNDER
THE RIGHT OF OPTION LAW HAVE SPARKED RUMORS THAT THE
GOVERNMENT PLANS TO RELEASE A LARGE NUMBER OF PEN
PRISONERS IN THE
NEAR FUTURE. RECENT EMBASSY CONVERSATIONS WITH MILITARY,
INTERIOR AND FORNMIN OFFICIALS HOWEVER DO NOT SUPPORT THESE
SPECULATIONS. GOVERNMENT SOURCES HAVE UNIFORMLY
MAINTAINED THE NECESSITY OF HOLDING AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER
OF PERSONS UNDER EXECUTIVE DETENTION WHO ARE DANGEROUS
OR INTELLECTUAL SUBVERSIVES BUT ON WHOM THE GOVERNMENT
HAS INSUFFICIENT PROOF TO CONVICT IN EITHER A MILITARY
OR CIVILIAN COURT. THE ARMY SECRETARY GENERAL RECENTLY
DREW THE PARALLEL BETWEEN EXTENDED PEN DETENTIONS AND
THE SENTENCES HANDED DOWN AT THE NUREMBURG TRIALS,
POINTING OUT THAT AT THE END OF EACH WAR THE WINNERS
LOCK UP THE SURVIVING LOSERS.
11. (U) BODIES WASH UP ON URUGUAYAN SHORE -----
BUENOS AIRES PAPERS REPORTED ON APRIL 10, 1979 THAT
THREE BODIES HAD WASHED UP WITHIN A WEEK ON THE URUGUAYAN
COAST A HUNDRED MILES EAST OF MONTEVIDEO. THE BUENOS
AIRES HERALD NOTED IN ITS STORY THAT IN OCTOBER, 1976,
13 BODIES WASHED UP ON URUGUAYAN SHORES, SOME WITH
THEIR HANDS TIED BEHIND THEIR BACK AND IT WAS
SPECULATED THEN THAT THESE BODIES MAY HAVE BEEN VICTIMS
OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN ARGENTINA.
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12. W COMMENT: HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS ARE SPECULATING
THE SAME THING NOW, BUT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OTHER
POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS. END COMMENT.
13. 9f REAPPEARANCE REPORT CIRCULATES WIDELY -----
SEVERAL HUMAN RIGHTS SOURCES HAVE REPORTED THAT A YOUNG
DOCTOR WHO WAS ABDUCTED IN EARLY 1977 WAS RETURNED
BRIEFLY TO HIS HOME IN MAID-MARCH AND THEN TAKEN BY
ARMY OPERATIVES AND PLACED ON A FLIGHT ABROAD. ONE
SOURCE TOLD EMBOFF THAT HER INFORMATION CAME FROM THE
MOTHER OF THE DOCTOR'S FORMER GIRLFRIEND WHO HAD BEEN
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ABDUCTED WITH HIM. THE DOCTOR REPORTEDLY HAD SOME CON-
TACTS WITH HIS FAMILY DURING THE LAST TWO YEARS.
COMMENT: ALTHOUGH WE HAVE NO CONFIRMATION REGARDING THIS
SPECIFIC REPORT, IT APPEARS TO FIT A PATTERN OF SEVERAL
OTHER RECENT REPORTS IN WHICH TRUSTYS HAVE BEEN PLACED
OUTSIDE OF ARGENTINA BY SECURITY SERVICES. THOSE
.UNSUBSTANTIATED RELEASE REPORTS, OF COURSE,
FUEL THE HOPES OF FAMILIES OF THE
DISAPPEAREDS THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE ALIVE. END COMMENT.
14. H| PRISONS FOR PEN DETAINEES ----
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INAUGURATED THE CASEROS JAIL ON
APRIL 23. THE NEW 18 FLOOR HIGH RISE LOCATED IN DOWN-
TOWN BUENOS AIRES WAS DWSIGNED TO HOUSE 1,860 PRISONERS,
EACH IN SMALL INDIVIDUAL CELLS. THE BUILDING HAS, IN
ADDITION TO THE USUAL FACILITIES, AN AUDITORIUM, A GYMNASIUM
AND A GAME ROOM, BUT VERY LIMITED OUTDOOR RECREATION
ROOM. THE FACILITY WAS CONSTRUCTED FOR SHORT TERM
.DETENTION OF FEDERAL PRISONERS IN TRANSIT OR ON TRIAL.
L jHAS EXAMINED THE
"FACILITY AND HAS INFORMED THE GOVERNMENT THAT IT DID
NOT CONSIDER THE FACILITY SUITABLE FOR LONG TERM
DETENTION OF PEN PRISONERS. A FOWG OFFICIAL INFORMED
EMBASSY THIS WEEK THAT THE INTERIOR AND JUSTICE MINISTRIES
HAD DECIDED TO USE CASEROS ONLY FOR SHORT TERM DETENTION
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OF PEN PRISONERS. FOWG SOURCE ALSO INFORMED THE EMBASSY
THAT THE JAIL LOCATED AT JUNIN, BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE
WILL NOT BE USED FOR PEN PRISONERS. INSTEAD, THE LARGER
PRISON AT LA PLATA WILL CONTINUE SERVING ^S THE MAJOR
DETENTION FACILITY FOR MEN HELD UNDER THE PEN. THE
ADDITION TO THE LA PLATA PRISON, FEMALE PEN PRISONERS
WILL BE HELD AT VILLA DEVOTO, "VERY DANGEROUS MALE PEN
PRISONERS WILL BE HELD AT RAWSON, A PRISON IN. PATAGONIA,
AND "SHORT TERM" PRISONERS WILL BE HELD IN J7HE NEW
CASEROS FACILITY. COMMENT: IT APPEARS THATji
"^OBJECTIONS OVER USING THE NEW HIGH RISE CASEROS
PRISON^FOR LONG TERM PEN DETENTIONS MAY HAVE FORCED
DROPPING THE PROPOSAL TO USE THE 3 60 PERSON JUNIN
PRISON, IN FAVOR OF MAINTAINING THE LARGER LA PLATA
FACILITY. END COMMENT.
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5. (U) BARREIRO DISAPPEARANCE UPDATE -----
THE BUENOS AIRES HERALD FRONT PAGED ON APRIL 21 THE STORY OF THE
MARCH 12 ABDUCTION OF MR. AND MRS. ROBERTO M. BARREIRO
(CASE NOS. 893/79/4 AND 894/79/4) (SEE BUENOS AIRES 2828).
THE STORY REPORTED THE EFFORTS OF MR. BARREIRO'S MOTHER
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TO LOCATE HER SON AND DAUGHTER IN LAW THROUGH FILING
HABEAS CORPUS PETITIONS, WRITING PRESIDENT VIDELA,
INTERIOR MINISTER HARGUINDEGUY, THE THREE JUNTA MEMBERS,
THE POPE AND CHURCH LEADERS. THE HERALD STORY ALSO
REPORTED THAT BARREIROS MOTHER HAD BEEN ABDUCTED FOR A
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH HER DAUGHTER IN LAW. THE
CAPTORS REPORTEDLY DROVE THEM BOTH AROUND THE CITY
EXCHANGING INSTRUCTIONS OVER THEIR CAR RADIOS UNTIL
THEY WERE TOLD TO TAKE MRS. BARREIRO HOME AND BRING
HER DAUGHTER IN LAW "HERE".
16. |0 FOWG OFFICIAL TOLD EMBOFF ON MARCH 26 THAT THE
MINISTRY OF INTERIOR WAS CONDUCTING AN EXTENSIVE
INVESTIGATION INTO THE DISAPPEARANCES AND PROMISED
A REPORT WILL BE ISSUED ON THE MATTER SHORTLY. THE
EMBASSYS INFORMAL CONTACTS WITH MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE
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THE BARREIROS' WHEREABOUTS.
17. (U) JAIME LOKMAN CASE UPDATE (CASE NO 90/77/9)---
MRS9 LOKMAN ON APRIL 2 6 PRESENTED THE EMBASSY A COPY
OF HER PETITION TO THE SUPREME COURT APPEALING THE
FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL OF CORDOBA DENIAL OF THE HABEAS
CORPUS PETITION ON BEHALF OF HER HUSBAND, JAIM LOKMAN.
THE APPEAL WAS FILED WITH THE ARGENTINE SUPREME COURT
DURING THE WEEK OF APRIL 9. MRS LOKMAN ALSO EXPRESSED
CONCERN REGARDING THE PRPOSED TRANSFER OF HER HUSBAND
FROM LA PLATA PRISON TO THE NEW CASEROS JAIL. MRS
LOKMAN IS TRYING TO GET THE PRISON AUTHORITIES TO
RUN AN ELECTROCARDIOGRAM ON HER HUSBAND WHO HAS A HEART
CONDITION. SHE SAYS THE RED CROSS DOES NOT HAVE THE
EQUIPMENT TO DO THIS AND THE PRISON AUTHORITIES HAVE
NOT PROVIDED THIS BASIC EXAMINATION FOR HER HUSBAND.
18. (U) FRENCH ANTI-ARGENTINE CAMPAIGNREPORTEDLY REDUCED-
ARGENTINE AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE, TOMAS ANCHORENA,
ANNOUNCED IN A STATEMENT TO THE PRESS ON APRIL 15 THAT
THE ANTI-ARGENTINE MEDIA CAMPAIGN IN FRANCE HAD
SIGNIFICANTLY DROPPED IN INTENSITY. ANCHORENA NOTED
THAT EUROPE, AND FRANCE IN PARTICULAR, HAVE VERIFIED
THAT ARGENTINE DID NOT OVER-REACT WHEN IT INITIATED
A WAR AGAINST THE TERRORISTS. THE AMBASSADOR ADDED
THAT IT IS NOW THE OLD WORLD WHICH FACES A LARGE SCALE
INSURRECTION GENERATED BY THE SAME TERRORIST FORCES.
19. (U) CABILDO EDITORS FINED-----
FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT IMPOSED A FINE OF $166 AND A
SUSPENDED TWO YEAR PRISON SENTENCE ON RICARDO CURUCHET
OROMI AND JUAN CARLOS MONEDERO, THE DIRCTOR AND
EDITOR OF THE EXTREME RIGHT WING MAGAZINE, "CABILDO,"
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AFTER FINDING THEM GUILTY OF "SLANDER AND ABUSE, AGGRAVATED
THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THE PRESS." THE SLANDER CHARGES
WERE BROUGH BY MOISES KOSTZER, A WEALTHY JEWISH BUSI-
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NESSMAN WHO WAS ATTACKED IN A LETTER TO THE EDITOR
PUBLISHED IN THE SEPTEMBER, 1977 ISSUE OF "CABILDO,"
AS BEING A MARXIST THEORIST AND AN ECONOMIC SUBVERSIVE.
ACCORDING TO A DAIA SOURCE, THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED TO
THE COURT SHOWED THAT THE NAME USED IN THE LETTER WAS
FICTITIOUS AND THE CHARGES BASELESS. THE CABILDO
EDITORS ARE APPEALING THE JUDGE'S DECISION.
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