When the police powers vested in the State are turned against its citizens, it is called State Terrorism. This happened in Argentina in the '70s and early '80s. Thousands of people disappeared or were murdered. They did not have the right to defend themselves at trial, they were tortured, many disappeared and their whereabouts are still unknown today. They were deprived of their identity, buried as NN in common graves or dumped into the river .
The total number of victims of State Terrorism is also not known, this being a consequence of the methods used by the repressors.

Officially reported cases count approximately 10,000, but as many disappearances and murders have not been reported yet, it is calculated they would reach a total of 30,000. The military dictatorship tried to leave no trace of this horror by hiding the truth from the relatives of the victims and all the population. Still today, 25 years after, society demands to know the truth about the final fate of the disappeared, and that the law sentences the ones guilty of these crimes against humanity.

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Parque de la Memoria – Monument to the Victims of State Terrorism

On November 7th, 2007, the Monument to the Victims of State Terrorism was opened to the public by the ex President  Néstor Kirchner, ex Buenos Aires City Mayor Jorge Telerman, National and City Government authorities, Human Rights Organizations, members of the Comisión pro Monumento, and regular visitors.

Parque de la Memoria opens every day from 10 am to 6 pm. Guided tours available on demand.