The Alianza Anticomunista Argentina (Argentine Anticommunist Alliance, usually known as Triple A or AAA) was a far-right death squad active in Argentina during the mid-1970s, linked to the military junta led by Jorge Rafael Videla. This period was characterized by frequent terrorist attacks by radical left-wing subversive groups, and harsh repression of dissidence on the part of the military, paramilitary and police forces. Far right, extreme right, ultra-right, radical right, or hard right are terms used to discuss the relative position a group or person occupies within a political spectrum. ... A death squad is an extra-judicial group whose members execute or assassinate persons they believe to be politically unreliable or undesirable. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Jorge Rafael Videla Redondo (born August 2, 1925 in Mercedes) was the de facto President of Argentina from 1976 to 1981. ... It has been suggested that Terrorist be merged into this article or section. ... The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view. ... Subversion is an overturning or uprooting. ...

The Triple A was organized by José López Rega (who was also a member of P2 freemasonry lodge, involved in Italy's strategy of tension) and Alberto Villar, deputy chief of the Argentine federal police, during the brief presidency (1973-1974) of Juan Perón after his return from exile. López Rega, an occult philosopher and self-styled divinator, had come to exert Rasputin-like influence over Perón's wife at the time, Isabel Martínez de Perón, who assumed the presidency upon Perón's sudden death on 1 July 1974. To support the group, López Rega drew on funds from the Ministry of Social Welfare, which he controlled. José López Rega (born 17 October 1916, died 9 June 1989, in Buenos Aires) was Argentinas Minister of Social Welfare during the Peronist government started in 1973 by Juan Perón and continued after Peróns death in 1974 by his third wife and vice-president, Isabel... P2 is the common name for the Italian Freemasonic lodge Propaganda Due (Italian: Propaganda Two). ... The Strategy of Tension (Italian; strategia della tensione) is a way to control and manipulate public opinion using propaganda, disinformation, psychological warfare, agents provocateurs and terror. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1973 calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... Juan Domingo Perón (October 8, 1895 – July 1, 1974) was an Argentine military officer and the President of Argentina from 1946 to 1955 and from 1973 to 1974. ... The word occult comes from Latin occultus (hidden), referring to the knowledge of the secret or knowledge of the hidden and often meaning knowledge of the supernatural, as opposed to knowledge of the visible or knowledge of the measurable, usually referred to as science. ... This man in Rhumsiki, Cameroon, tells the future by interpreting the changes in position of various objects as caused by a fresh-water crab through nggàm[1]. Divination is the practice of ascertaining information from supernatural sources. ... Rasputin Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (Russian: Григо́рий Ефи́мович Распу́тин) (January 23, 1871 – December 16, 1916 (O.S.)) was a Russian mystic with an influence in the later days of Russias Romanov dynasty. ... Juan Perón - Former President of Argentina. ... María Estela Martínez de Perón (born on February 4, 1931, in La Rioja, Argentina) better known as Isabel Martínez de Perón would become the third wife of Argentine President Juan Perón and serve as President of Argentina in her own right from July 1... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ...

The group first came to national attention on 21 November 1973 when it unsuccessfully tried to murder Argentine Senator Hipólito Solari Yrigoyen by means of a car bomb. The AAA went on to target more than five hundred individuals, including suspected Montoneros and ERP leftist guerrillas and their sympathizers, as well as judges, police chiefs, and social activists. In 1974, it murdered Jesuit Carlos Mugica, a friend of Mario Firmenich, Montoneros's founder. November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1973 calendar). ... The Argentine Senate is the upper house of parliament in Argentina. ... The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... ERP Flag The Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (ERP) was the military branch of the PRT (Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores, or Workers Revolutionary Party) in Argentina. ... Guerrilla War redirects here. ... Activism, in a general sense, can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... Mario Eduardo Firmenich (b. ...

The AAA was known to have strong backing from the military and Army Commander-in-Chief Jorge Rafael Videla, who came to power as President following the 1976 coup d'état. However, the violence directed toward suspected leftists during the 1976-1983 period (the Dirty War) came directly from the military. Commander-in-Chief (in NATO-lingo often C-in-C or CINC pronounced sink) is the commander of all the military forces within a particular region or of all the military forces of a state. ... Jorge Rafael Videla Redondo (born August 2, 1925 in Mercedes) was the de facto President of Argentina from 1976 to 1981. ... List of Heads of State (Presidents, Directors and Dictators, etc. ... A coup détat (pronounced ), or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government against the volonté générale formed by the majority of the citizenry, usually done by a smaller supposedly weaker body that just replaces the top power figures. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The term dirty war generally refers to a program of state terrorism in response to perceived left-wing subversion that is claimed to threaten a countrys stability. ...

Some AAA members participated in Montejurra 1976 shooting of two left-wing Carlists members in Spain. Montejurra is the name of a mountain in Navarre (Spain) region. ... Carlism was a conservative political movement in Spain, purporting to establish an alternative branch of the Bourbons in the Spanish throne. ...

See also

• 601 Intelligence Battalion
• Dirty War
• Propaganda Due (P2)
• Montejurra
• Manuel Sadosky and Héctor Alterio both were threatened by the AAA.

The Batallón de Inteligencia 601 (601 Intelligence Battalion) was a special military intelligence service of the Argentine Army active in the Dirty War and Operation Condor. ... The term dirty war generally refers to a program of state terrorism in response to perceived left-wing subversion that is claimed to threaten a countrys stability. ... P2 is the common name for the Italian Freemasonic lodge Propaganda Due (Italian: Propaganda Two). ... Montejurra is the name of a mountain in Navarre (Spain) region. ... Manuel Sadosky (13 April 1914 – 18 June 2005) was an Argentine mathematician, born in Buenos Aires. ... Héctor Benjamín Alterio Onorato (born September 21, 1929 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine theatre, film and television actor, of important renown in both Argentina and Spain. ...

External link

• "El Debut del Terror: La Triple A", Pablo Mendelevich (in Spanish)