Ezeiza massacre
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A person being pulled up on the platform where Peron would have talked.
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| Location |
Ezeiza International Airport, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Coordinates | 34°49′20″S 058°32′09″W / 34.82222°S 58.53583°WCoordinates: 34°49′20″S 058°32′09″W / 34.82222°S 58.53583°W |
| Date | June 20, 1973 |
| Target | Left-wing Peronist masses |
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Attack type
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Sniper massacre |
| Weapons | Sniper rifles |
| Deaths | 13 (at least) |
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Non-fatal injuries
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365 (at least) |
| Perpetrators | Right-wing Peronists |
The Ezeiza massacre (Spanish pronunciation: [eˈseisa]) took place on June 20, 1973 near the Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Peronist masses, including many young people, had gathered there to acclaim Juan Perón's definitive return from an 18-year exile in Spain. The police estimated three and a half million people. In his plane, Perón was accompanied by El Tío ("Uncle") president Héctor Cámpora, representative of the Peronists' left wing, who had come to power on May 25, 1973, amid popular euphoria and a period of political turmoil. Cámpora was opposed to the Peronist right wing, declaring during his first speech that "the spilled blood will not be negotiated".
From Perón's platform, camouflaged snipers from the right-wing of Peronism opened fire on the crowd. The left-wing Peronist Youth and the Montoneros were targeted and trapped. At least 13 bodies were subsequently identified, and 365 were injured during the massacre.
According to Clarín newspaper, the real number must have been much higher. No official investigation has been performed to confirm these higher estimates.
The Ezeiza massacre marked the end of the alliance of left and right-wing Peronists which Perón had managed to form. Héctor Cámpora represented the main figure of the left-wing and José López Rega, Perón's personal secretary who had accompanied Perón during his exile in Francoist Spain, was the right-wing's representative. López Rega would also be the founder of the Alianza Anticomunista Argentina right-wing terrorist group.
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