La Perla

La Perla was a clandestine prison used by the Argentine government during the "dirty war" against supposed dissidents and subversives between 1976-1983. The leaders of the country at that time were a military junta which snatched power from Isabel Peron in 1976. She had taken the power after the death of her husband Juan Peron in 1974.¹

On July 24, 2008, an Argentine court sentenced eight men, including ex-general Luciano Menendez, to jail terms for the killing of four leftists during the "dirty war." The four men were held and tortured at La Perla for a month before being killed.¹

Fast Facts:

1. La Perla: biggest secret detention center in central Cordoba province¹
2. Luciano Menendez was in overall control of the Cordoba Province¹
3. La Perla now a museum²
4. Around 30,000 leftists, trade unionists "disappeared"²

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