Two Cuban Diplomats and the Cement Drum in Rio Lujan
A Secret/Eyes Only FBI memorandum from 1976 tracks the disposal of two kidnapped officials, whose identities were erased by state terror and hidden for 36 years
By Desmond Okafor ·
Argentina
Patricia Derian and the Garbage Heaps of Buenos Aires
Notes kept from official channels describe how US intelligence agencies signaled to the Argentine junta that human rights mandates were merely cosmetic and could be ignored
By Theo Marchetti ·
$3,500 for Ten Days of Killing at Condor 1
The CIA held the operational blueprint for a coordinated assassination network across South America, keeping the financial costs of state terror secret for decades.
By Desmond Okafor ·
Five Dead at St. Patrick's and the DFS Narrative of Propaganda
Three priests and two seminarians were slaughtered in their rectory, a crime the FBI recorded as a 'Secret' matter while relaying the killers' own excuses for 48 years.
By Theo Marchetti ·
Condor 1 and the $1,000 Clothing Allowance for Assassins
Agreements kept secret for decades detailed how South American dictators paid for death squad logistics while Langley watched the books.
By Theo Marchetti ·
Raul Yaeger and the CIA's Ledger of Staged Deaths
Kept secret for decades, a 1983 cable shows the Argentine security apparatus liquidating 'subversives' months before democracy arrived, with Langley watching the body count.
By Desmond Okafor ·
Arturo Poire and the 1976 'Phase Three' Hit on Orlando Letelier
Two people died in a Washington D.C. car bomb while a secret intelligence war played out in Buenos Aires, kept secret for over four decades.
By Theo Marchetti ·
Bacabay 3570 and the CIA's 43-Year Silence on Héctor Hidalgo Solá
The CIA held the exact address of the torture center where Argentina's ambassador to Venezuela was murdered, but the location remained hidden from the judiciary until 2020.
By Desmond Okafor ·
Secretary Haig predicted Galtieri's fall as CIA tracked coup plotters
Kept under "Secret; Eyes Only" markings, these records show US officials betting on the collapse of the Argentine junta while managing Margaret Thatcher's aggression.
By Desmond Okafor ·