A REPORTED DISAPPEARANCE


A REPORTED DISAPPEARANCE

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FM AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES

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ARGENTINA PROJECT (S200000044)
U.S. DEPT. OF STATE, A/RPS/7PS

E.O. 12065: GDS 6/5/86 (FRIEDMAN, TOWNSEND B.) OR-P Margaret P. Grafeld, Director

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SUBJECT: (U) A REPORTED DISAPPEARANCE _______

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2. WE HAVE RECEIVED ANOTHER REPORT OF A DISAPPEARANCE, ------«=***!_

MANUEL TORRENTE, THIRTY-FIVE AND A LABORER, REPORTEDLY
DISAPPEARED IN CAMPANA MARCH 18. HE WAS LAST SEEN BY SEVERAL
COLLEAGUES WHO LEFT HIM ABOUT 70 METERS FROM HIS HOME,
WHERE HE NEVER ARRIVED. HIS COLLEAGUES STATE THAT HERE
WAS A FORD FALCON WITH THREE MEN IN IT PARKED ON THE
STREET WHERE THEY LEFT TORRENTE. THE FAMILY HAS FILED A
HABEAS CORPUS PETITION.

3- THE DAY FOLLOWING TORRENTE'S SEEMING DISAPPEARANCE
3IS WIFE RECEIVED A TELEGRAM HE PURPORTEDLY SENT STATING
THAT HE HAD TO TAKE AN "URGENT TRIP". HOWEVER, THE CABLE
MISSTATES HIS WIFE'S FIRST NAME AND THE FAMILY DOES NOT
BELIEVE HE WAS THE AUTHOR.

1. TORRENTE REPORTEDLY WAS A POPULAR AND EFFECTIVE LABOR
LEADER AT THE FACTORY WHERE HE WAS EMPLOYED. HE WAS
\RRESTED FOR ONE DAY IN OCTOBER 197 9 FOLLOWING A STRIKE
VT HIS FACTORY. IT WOULD BE PREMATURE TO STATE THAT HIS
SEEMING DISAPPEARANCE WAS RELATED TO HIS LABOR ACTIVITIES

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I. OUTGOING AND INCOMING LABATTS, ALONG WITH AIFLD REPRES-
INTATIVE TORRES-LAZO, RAISED THE CASE WITH A HIGH-RANKING

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LABOR OFFICIAL. HE SAID HE WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE

CASE, BUT WOULD LOOK INTO IT.

CHAPLIN

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