Yes. I’ve heard similar accounts of helicopter drops from Honduras. Bad things happened in Argentina, but it’s ridiculous for the progressives to try and claim the pope supported the disappearing of teenagers or the murder of innocents.
Also, people have to take into account that none of the military juntas came close to the bodycount racked up by Che Guevara and Castro. A lot of times, it came down to the lesser of two evils, and the Soviet backed revolutionaries were worse.
Videla and Galtieri clearly have a lot to answer for. The people STILL haven’t forgiven/forgotten the govt’s heavy-handedness. I believe the mothers of the desaparecidos still do their monthly protest parade at the Casa Rosada. Raul Alfonsin had a real mess to clean up when he was elected in 1983.