The Condor Years (59 page)
Authors: John Dinges
Kissinger and,
164–66
,
171–74
,
179
,
181
,
249
Kissinger cable,
6–7
,
8
,
182–90
,
196–98
,
212
,
248
,
251–52
Koch assassination plot,
214–18
and Letelier assassination,
5
,
28
,
165
,
179
,
181
,
188
,
190–98
,
216
,
228
,
248–49
model for,
15–17
Prats assassination and,
80–81
and red light/green light messages,
20
,
156–58
,
162
,
173–74
,
200–205
,
252
Roger Channel communications,
179
,
182–83
,
185
,
186
,
187
,
196
Shlaudeman’s cables to regional ambassadors,
168–69
,
189–90
,
196–97
Shlaudeman’s report to Kissinger,
171–74
,
179
State Department,
6–7
,
8–9
,
165
,
167
,
169–70
,
179–81
,
221–22
,
251
See also
Leighton, Bernardo
;
Letelier, Orlando, assassination of
;
Prats González, Carlos, assassination of
Operation Condor’s endgame
Argentina and,
222–23
,
224
,
225–28
Bolivia and,
227–28
Brazil and,
226–27
continued Phase Two joint operations in Latin America,
224–28
continued Phase Two operations and U.S. knowledge of,
227–28
dissolution of DINA,
228
Ecuador and,
224
effect of Letelier assassination on,
221–22
,
228
end of Phase Three assassination plans,
221–23
,
228
indictment and extradition of
Contreras,
228
Intelligence Battalion 601
and legacy of Condor,
228–29
and Orletti shutdown,
223
Paraguay and,
225
U.S. intelligence continuing to monitor,
224
See also
Operation Condor’s legacy and the pursuit of justice
Operation Condor’s legacy and the pursuit of justice,
20–22
,
228–29
,
230–53
amnesty laws and,
21
,
31–32
,
231
,
237
,
242
Argentina’s investigations and trials,
232–36
,
245–46
and continuing pain of political exiles,
229
French and Italian investigations,
243–44
González’s exposé of Arancibia documents,
233–35
,
236
González’s exposé of DINA’s Operation Colombo,
235–36
González’s investigation of Prats assassination,
233–35
human rights victories,
241–47
international jurisdictional issues in prosecutions,
21
,
27
,
31–32
,
34
,
36–37
,
231
,
237
,
242
,
245
,
247
international trails of witnesses and evidence,
231
judicial silence in the U.S.,
247
Leighton and Letelier prosecutions,
242
lingering questions of never-solved assassinations,
229
paper trail in U.S. intelligence services,
231
,
232
Paraguay and Almada’s discoveries,
237–41
Salvi’s investigation of DINA,
241–42
truth and official secrecy/denial,
21
turmoil of trials and pardons,
233
and universal jurisdiction for crimes against humanity,
27
,
32
,
34
,
36–37
,
245
,
247
U.S. accountability and,
5–9
,
21–22
,
231
,
232
,
247–53
U.S. official secrecy/denial and,
21–22
,
247–49
See also
Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto, legal pursuit of and arrest of
Organization of American States (OAS), 1976 meeting in Santiago,
159–62
,
249
Orletti prison (Argentina),
206–13
Chilean and Cuban prisoners in,
206–10
extradition of officers working in,
245–46
as headquarters for foreign intelligence forces,
206
interrogation reports and CIA knowledge of,
207
,
208–10
,
212–13
,
250
JCR-Cuba link at,
208–10
PVP activists at,
211–13
shutdown of,
223
Uruguay’s SID within,
210–13
Osorio, Carlos,
240
Osorio, Guillermo,
77–78
Riveiro, José Osvaldo
arrest warrant for,
243
Condor intelligence and,
122
and DINA operations against JCR,
110–13
,
115–16
,
141
Fuentes-Santucho case and,
98
,
110–11
at second Condor meeting,
164
Otaiza, Jorge,
238
Otero, Rolando,
163
Paraguay
delegation at first Condor meeting,
117
early Condor and Paraguayan knowledge of JCR,
118–19
jails and interrogation techniques in,
96–97
JCR mission to,
86–98
Kissinger cable and,
187–88
legacy of Condor Years for,
21
,
237–41
Letelier assassination plot and,
178–81
,
190
,
192
and Phase Two operations during Condor’s endgame,
225
Scherrer and,
90
See also
ERP (
Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo
)
;
Fuentes-Santucho case
Pascal Allende, Andrés
DINA Malloco raid and,
112–13
DINA plot to assassinate,
163
as MIR leader,
43
,
44
,
51
,
59
,
98
,
112
Paz, Virgilio,
128–29
,
132–33
,
190–91
Peace Committee (
Comité Pro Paz
),
64
Peredo, Osvaldo “Chato,”
51
Pérez, Carlos Andrés,
70
,
106
,
163
Pérez, Dagoberto,
112
Pérez, Washington,
211
Perón, Isabelita,
72
,
111
,
135–37
Perón, Juan Domingo,
41–42
,
49
,
59
,
72
,
207
Piñeiro, Manuel,
56
Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto
Contreras and,
107–8
DINA international network and,
106–8
,
127–28
,
133
end of presidency,
236–37
Kissinger cable and,
184–87
,
188–89
,
196–97
,
200
lionization of,
30–31
relationships with fellow generals,
71
See also
Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto, coup by
;
Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto, legal pursuit of and arrest of
Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto, coup by,
2–4
,
11–12
,
42–49
as beginning of Latin American “war on terrorism,”
3–4
,
11–12
brutality and atmosphere of terror,
44–45
as counterrevolution,
44–45
and creation of Operation Condor,
4
,
11–12
post-coup U.S. decisions regarding,
3
,
61–62
revolutionaries attempts to avert coup,
43–44
revolutionaries’ reactions to,
42–43
,
45
,
49–60
Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto, legal pursuit of and arrest of,
23–40
,
243–44
arrest warrant,
34–35
Chile’s reaction to arrest,
37
and declassification of documents,
29
extent of international investigation,
30
Garcés and case against,
24–30
,
32–33
,
39
interrogation request,
33
Judge García-Castellón and,
29
,
30
,
32
Justice Department and,
28
,
29–30
Nuremberg principles and,
24
,
36–37
press coverage of,
30
State Department and,
38–39
and universal jurisdiction for crimes against humanity,
27
,
32
,
34
,
36–37
U.S. cooperation in Spanish
indictment,
28–30
U.S. documents and,
29–30
,
38–39
U.S. reaction to arrest of,
37–39
new cases against,
39–40
Piris Da Motta, Dimas,
238
Popper, David
and dilemma of Kissinger’s cable at Chilean embassy,
184–87
,
188–89
,
196–97
,
200
and Kissinger policy toward Pinochet,
157
Popular Army of Peru,
88
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP),
94
,
95
Portuguese intelligence,
221–22
Prats, Sofia Cuthbert de,
72
,
76–77
Prats González, Carlos
and Pinochet’s regime,
72
resignation and Pinochet coup,
40
,
44
,
71–72
See also
Prats González, Carlos, assassination of
Prats González, Carlos, assassination of,
71–81
Altamirano and Wolf’s plan to rescue,
74–75