Policemen dragging a wounded militant during the attack
Date
23–24 January 1989
Location
La Tablada, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Result
Argentine government victory
Belligerents
Argentine government: Argentine Army Buenos Aires Province Police
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 killed (9 soldiers and 2 policemen) 53 wounded
28 killed
2 civilians and 1 horse killed 4 civilians wounded
The Battle of La Tablada or the Attack on La Tablada barracks occurred In 1989 when 40 members of Movimiento Todos por la Patria (MTP) attacked the military barracks in La Tablada, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. 39 people were killed and 60 injured by the time the Argentine army retook the barracks. The MTP was commanded by former ERP leader Enrique Gorriarán Merlo. It carried out the assault under the alleged pretense of preventing a military coup supposedly planned for the end of January 1989 by the Carapintadas, a group of far-right military officers who opposed the investigations and trials concerning Argentina's last civil-military dictatorship (1976-1983).
The Argentine president of the time, Raúl Alfonsín declared that the attack, which carried the ultimate goal of sparking a massive popular uprising, could have led to a civil war.[1] Given a life sentence and imprisoned, as his comrades, in high security quarters, Gorriarán Merlo was eventually freed in 2003.[2][3] He died on 22 September 2006 while awaiting surgery for an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
^Brysk, Alison (1994). The Politics of Human Rights in Argentina: Protest, Change, and Democratization. Stanford University Press. p. 119. ISBN 9780804722759.
^Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos. Informe Nº 55/97 - Caso 11.137 (Report).
^Human Rights Watch. 1989 Argentina report (Report).
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