Operation Condor

    • Active from 1975-1980
    • Named in honor of Chile's national bird - the condor
    • Participating intelligence services used a global, pre-Internet, communication network called Telex for inter-service correspondence
    • Substantial evidence of Operation Condor actions was discovered by National Security Archive, Martin Almada in Paraguay, and through lawsuits against Pinochet
    • Debate continues about potential American involvement in Condor projects
  • Led by the dictatorial government of Augusto Pinochet in Chile, Operation Condor was a secret alliance of South American intelligence services in the 1970s that also included the military-led governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and later Peru. Originally intended for sharing intelligence on international left-wing revolutionary groups, Operation Condor agents tortured and murdered opponents with impunity.
  • Key Dates

    1. September 3, 1973: Brazil proposes an intelligence-sharing operation during the 10th Conference of American Armies
    2. November 25, 1975: Intelligence officers from participating nations meet with Manuel Contreras in Santiago, Chile
    3. 1983: Operation Condor ends with the ousting of the Argentine dictatorship; some individual operations continue
    4. December 22, 1992: Judge [[José Agustín Fernández]] discovers "Archives of Terror" in Paraguay police station

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