Dirty+war

The Dirty War The Dirty War refers to the state-sponsored violence against Argentine citizenry from roughly1976 to 1983 carried out primarily by Jorge Rafael Videla's military government(7). No one knows exactly what happened according to the dates and it is disputed among several people to this day. Once Juan Peron had returned from his time in exile, the Ezieza Massacre was a turning point that ended the alliance between left and right-wing supporters of Peronism (7). Many Different groups emerged. After Juan Peron died, the country of Argentina was left in the hands of Juan Peron's third wife, Isabel. Isabel signed a number of decrees empowering the military and the police to "annihilate" left-wing subversion (7). Then she was ousted and the country was run by Juntas then Roberto Viola and Leopaldo Galtieri (7). They were responsible for the torture, killing and forced dissaperance of thousands of potentially innocent people. About 30,000 people dissapeared and the government was condemed with crimes against humanity and Genocide (7).