No, he’s refering to the military junta that removed Peron’s wife in a coup, led by Rafael Videla. It was an anti-Soviet regime the US backed, and one that got a little out of control. They killed many innocent people along with communist guerrillas, and drafted hundreds of young boys who were never seen again. It was a dark period in Argentina’s history.
During the “dirty war” many of the leftists (if they in fact were) were taken to the Naval Mechanics School on Av. Libertador in Buenos Aires. We heard that these detainees were sedated, then taken up in Navy helos and dropped in the delta of the River Plate, never to be seen again. My son, who is in BA this week Facebooked me, saying that building has been razed. Mike had some high school buds whose older brothers “disappeared.”