Operation Independence

Operation Independence
	Part of the Dirty War
Date	5 February 1975 – 28 September 1977
Location	Tucumán Province, Argentina
Result	Argentine government victory
Belligerents
Argentina; Supported by:; United States; Bolivia; Chile; Paraguay; Uruguay;	ERP; Montoneros; Supported by:; Cuba;
Commanders and leaders
Antonio Bussi; Ítalo Lúder; Acdel Vilas;	Roberto Santucho †; Benito Urteaga †; Enrique Gorriarán Merlo; Juan Molina; Mario Firmenich; Juan Alsogaray; Dardo Cabo ; Francisco Urondo †;
Strength
5,000	500; 30-100
Casualties and losses
70 killed; 3 aircraft; 2 helicopters;	300 killed

Operativo Independencia ("Operation Independence") was a 1975 Argentine military operation in Tucumán Province to crush the People's Revolutionary Army (ERP), a Guevarist guerrilla group which tried to create a Vietnam-style war front in the northwestern province. It was the first large-scale military operation of the Dirty War.

^ Comandos en acción: el Ejército en Malvinas, Isidoro Ruiz Moreno, p. 24, Emecé Editores, 1986
^ Burzaco, Ricardo (1994). Infierno en el Monte Tucumano. p. 64. OCLC 31720152.
^ Campbell, Duncan (6 December 2003). "Kissinger approved Argentinian 'dirty war' Declassified US files expose 1970s backing for junta". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
^ Enrique Díaz-Araujo. La guerrilla en sus libros. p. 98.
^ "Página/12 :: El país :: Gorriarán Merlo cuenta su versión". Retrieved 11 May 2016.
^ "Página/12". Retrieved 23 February 2015.

[RM_p24-1] Comandos en acción: el Ejército en Malvinas, Isidoro Ruiz Moreno, p. 24, Emecé Editores, 1986

[Burzaco_1994_64-2] Burzaco, Ricardo (1994). Infierno en el Monte Tucumano. p. 64. OCLC 31720152.

[guardian-3] Campbell, Duncan (6 December 2003). "Kissinger approved Argentinian 'dirty war' Declassified US files expose 1970s backing for junta". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 March 2018.

[4] Enrique Díaz-Araujo. La guerrilla en sus libros. p. 98.

[5] "Página/12 :: El país :: Gorriarán Merlo cuenta su versión". Retrieved 11 May 2016.

[6] "Página/12". Retrieved 23 February 2015.

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