1989 attack on La Tablada barracks

Attack on La Tablada barracks

Policemen dragging a wounded militant during the attack.

Date	23–24 January 1989
Location	La Tablada, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Result	Argentine army and police victory

Belligerents

Argentina

Movimiento Todos por la Patria

Commanders and leaders

Raúl Alfonsín

Francisco Gassino

Enrique Gorriarán Merlo

Strength

3,600 soldiers and policemen

46 fighters

Casualties and losses

11 (9 soldiers and 2 policemen)
53 wounded

28 fighters

2 Civilians 1 horse

4 Civilians Wounded

Argentina

2 Civilians 1 horse

The 1989 attack on La Tablada barracks was an assault on the military barracks located in La Tablada, in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, by 40 members of Movimiento Todos por la Patria (MTP), commanded by former ERP leader Enrique Gorriarán Merlo. 39 people were killed and 60 injured by the time the Argentine army retook the barracks. The MTP carried out the assault under the false pretense of preventing a military coup, allegedly planned for the end of January 1989 by the Carapintadas, a group of far-right military officers opposed to the investigations concerning the "Dirty War". The Argentine president of the time, Raúl Alfonsín declared that the attack, with the ultimate goal of sparking a massive popular uprising, could have led to civil war. Given a life sentence and imprisoned, as his comrades, in high security quarters, Gorriarán Merlo was eventually freed in 2003. He died in September 2006 after making it known he was intending to run for the Argentine presidency.

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