Archive of Terror

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Title: Archive of Terror
Abstract: The "Archives of Terror" (Archivos del Terror) were found on December 22, 1992, by lawyer and human-rights activist Dr. Martín Almada, and judge José Agustín Fernández, in a police station in a suburb of Asunción (Lambaré), capital of Paraguay.[1] Fernández was looking for files on a former prisoner. Instead, he found archives describing the fates of thousands of Latin Americans who had been secretly kidnapped, tortured, and killed by the security services of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay with cooperation of the CIA. This was known as Operation Condor. The "terror archives" listed 50,000 people murdered, 30,000 people disappeared and 400,000 people imprisoned.[2][3] They also revealed that other countries such as Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela cooperated, to various degrees, by providing intelligence information that had been requested by the security services of the Southern Cone countries. Some of these countries have used portions of the archives, now in Asunción's Palace of Justice, to prosecute former military officers. Much of the case built against General Pinochet by Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón was made using those archives. Dr. Almada, himself a victim of Condor, was twice interviewed by Baltasar Garzón. "[The documents] are a mountain of ignominy, of lies, which Stroessner [Paraguay's dictator until 1989] used for 40 years to blackmail the Paraguayan people," states Dr. Almada.[1] He wants the UNESCO to list the "terror archives" as an international cultural site, as this would greatly facilitate access to funding to preserve and protect the documents. In May 2000, a UNESCO mission visited Asunción following a request from the Paraguayan authorities for help in putting these files on the Memory of the World Register, one element of a program aimed at safeguarding and promoting the documentary heritage of humanity to ensure that records are preserved and available for consultation.

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Identifier: 11953
Title: 00143F0011-0022
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Escritos Varios / Correspondencia
From: República de Chile. Justicia Militar de Gobierno

Identifier: 11954
Date: November 6, 1975
Title: 00143F0023
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Informe

Identifier: 11955
Date: December 20, 1977
Title: 00143F0024
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Informe, Delación

Identifier: 11956
Title: 00143F0289
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Informe
From: Comando en Jefe de las FF.AA. de la Nación Estado Mayor General

Identifier: 11957
Date: April 27, 1976
Title: 00143F0290
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Informe
From: Comando en Jefe de las FF.AA. de la Nación Estado Mayor General

Identifier: 11958
Date: April 27, 1976
Title: 00143F0291-0292
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Informe
From: Comando en Jefe de las FF.AA. de la Nación Estado Mayor General

Identifier: 11959
Date: August 6, 1976
Title: 00143F0293
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Informe
From: Comando en Jefe de las FF.AA. de la Nación Estado Mayor General

Identifier: 11960
Date: August 29, 1975
Title: 00143F0294-0295
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Informe

Identifier: 11961
Date: January 23, 1978
Title: 00143F0296
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Informe
From: Comando en Jefe de las FF.AA. de la Nación Estado Mayor General

Identifier: 11962
Date: November 15, 1980
Title: 00143F0297
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Informe
From: Comando en Jefe de las FF.AA. de la Nación Estado Mayor General

Identifier: 11963
Date: September 15, 1980
Title: 00143F0298
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Informe
From: Comando en Jefe de las FF.AA. de la Nación Estado Mayor General

Identifier: 11964
Date: December 1, 1980
Title: 00143F0299-0300
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Informe
From: Comando en Jefe de las FF.AA. de la Nación Estado Mayor General

Identifier: 11965
Date: July 4, 1981
Title: 00143F0301-0310
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Informe
From: Comando en Jefe de las FF.AA. de la Nación Estado Mayor General

Identifier: 11966
Date: July 30, 1981
Title: 00143F0311
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Informe
From: Comando en Jefe de las FF.AA. de la Nación Estado Mayor General

Identifier: 11967
Date: December 15, 1981
Title: 00143F0312
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Informe
From: Comando en Jefe de las FF.AA. de la Nación Estado Mayor General

Identifier: 11968
Date: January 19, 1982
Title: 00143F0313
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Informe
From: Comando en Jefe de las FF.AA. de la Nación Estado Mayor General

Identifier: 11969
Title: 00143F0314
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Informe

Identifier: 11970
Date: July 4, 1979
Title: 00143F0315-0317
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Informe
From: Comando en Jefe de las FF.AA. de la Nación Estado Mayor General

Identifier: 11971
Date: June 22, 1979
Title: 00143F0318
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Informe
From: Comando en Jefe de las FF.AA. de la Nación. Comando de Transmisiones

Identifier: 11972
Date: November 30, 1977
Title: 00143F0319
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Informe
From: Comando en Jefe de las FF.AA. de la Nación Estado Mayor General

Identifier: 11973
Date: January 26, 1977
Title: 00143F0320-0323
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Informe

Identifier: 11974
Date: November 21, 1977
Title: 00143F0324
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Informe
From: Comando en Jefe de las FF.AA. de la Nación. G.C.G. y Regimiento Escolta Presidencial

Identifier: 11975
Date: November 18, 1977
Title: 00143F0325
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Informe
From: Comando en Jefe de las FF.AA. de la Nación Estado Mayor General

Identifier: 11976
Date: November 15, 1977
Title: 00143F0326
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Informe
From: Armada Nacional

Identifier: 11977
Date: October 18, 1977
Title: 00143F0327
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Informe
From: Comando en Jefe de las FF.AA. de la Nación. C.I.I. y R.I. 14

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