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: 11980
Date: September 23, 1977
Title: 00143F0330
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Pedido de Búsqueda
From: Comando en Jefe de las FF.AA. de la Nación Estado Mayor General

Identifier: 11984
Date: June 27, 1977
Title: 00143F0334-0359
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Resoluciones
From: Ministerio de Defensa Nacional

Identifier: 11985
Date: August 2, 1977
Title: 00143F0360
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Pedido de Búsqueda
From: Comando en Jefe de las FF.AA. de la Nación Estado Mayor General

Identifier: 11990
Date: June 14, 1977
Title: 00143F0369
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Escritos Varios / Correspondencia

Identifier: 11991
Date: May 20, 1977
Title: 00143F0370
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Pedido de Búsqueda

Identifier: 11995
Title: 00143F0374-0385
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Carnet

Identifier: 12000
Date: March 21, 1977
Title: 00143F0429
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Pedido de Búsqueda
From: Comando en Jefe de las FF.AA. de la Nación Estado Mayor General

Identifier: 12005
Date: April 13, 1977
Title: 00143F0438
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Pedido de Búsqueda

Identifier: 12007
Date: January 5, 1977
Title: 00143F0440-0443
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Escritos Varios / Correspondencia
From: Comando en Jefe de las FF.AA. de la Nación Estado Mayor General

Identifier: 12012
Date: February 22, 1977
Title: 00143F0461
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Pedido de Búsqueda

Identifier: 12015
Date: February 14, 1977
Title: 00143F0464/0466
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Declaración Indagatoria
From: Comando en Jefe de las FF.AA. de la Nación

Identifier: 12016
Date: February 14, 1977
Title: 00143F0465
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Declaración Indagatoria
From: Comando en Jefe de las FF.AA. de la Nación

Identifier: 12017
Date: February 9, 1977
Title: 00143F0467
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Escritos Varios / Correspondencia
From: Comando en Jefe de las FF.AA. de la Nación Estado Mayor General

Identifier: 12019
Date: February 2, 1977
Title: 00143F0469
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Pedido de Búsqueda

Identifier: 55611
Date: November 22, 1976
Title: 00143F0001
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Pedido de Búsqueda
From: Estado Mayor General de las FF.AA. (ESMAGENFA)

Identifier: 55612
Date: September 30, 1976
Title: 00143F0002
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Memorándum
From: Estado Mayor General de las FF.AA. (ESMAGENFA)

Identifier: 55613
Title: 00143F0003
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Pedido de Búsqueda
From: Estado Mayor General de las FF.AA. (ESMAGENFA)

Identifier: 55614
Date: December 29, 1976
Title: 00143F0004
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Pedido de Búsqueda
From: Estado Mayor General de las FF.AA. (ESMAGENFA)

Identifier: 55615
Date: December 28, 1976
Title: 00143F0005
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Pedido de Búsqueda
From: Estado Mayor General de las FF.AA. (ESMAGENFA)

Identifier: 55619
Date: June 9, 1976
Title: 00143F0029-0031
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Entrada y Salida de Detenidos
From: Estado Mayor General de las FF.AA. (ESMAGENFA)

Identifier: 55622
Date: August 7, 1976
Title: 00143F0034
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Pedido de Búsqueda
From: Estado Mayor General de las FF.AA. (ESMAGENFA)

Identifier: 55626
Date: February 17, 1975
Title: 00143F0041-0043
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Escritos Varios / Correspondencia

Identifier: 55627
Date: February 19, 1975
Title: 00143F0044-0046
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Escritos Varios / Correspondencia

Identifier: 55630
Date: March 24, 1975
Title: 00143F0050/0188
Agency/Affiliation: DEPARTAMENTO DE INVESTIGACIONES (DI)
Document type: Escritos Varios / Correspondencia
From: Instituto de Bienestar Rural

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