Today’s Video: Triple A

This week’s video theme of Latin American guerilla and paramilitary groups continues with a look at the Argentine Anticommunist Alliance, a.k.a. the Triple A.

The right-wing paramilitary organization lasted a few years especially during the rule of Isabel Peron. However, one report blamed the Triple A for killing 1,122 people and the group would eventually fold into the ruling Argentine military junta during the “Dirty War”.

Below is a subtitled portion of a 1979 Argentine film on the Triple A entitled Las AAA son las tres armas (“The Armed Forces are the AAA”). The film’s writer was killed after joining the Montoneros while the director would end up as one of the thousands of “disappeared.”

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Sources- boston.com, BBC News, Wikipedia, tkb.org, imdb.com