A year ago ‘Argentina, 1985’ premiered in Buenos Aires cinemas. Plan of the trial on crimes against humanity against former commanders last military dictatorship (1976-83) returned to the screens with all its vitality. Many in the audience shuddered. But 12 months is a long time in a country experiencing multiple crises. Consensus about the nature of this crackdown, which left thousands missing, is now in danger of being eroded if the polls prove correct. Far-right Javier Milei won the first round of the presidential elections to be held on October 22. His formula friend, Victoria Villarruel He wants to live up to his name and achieve something that seems impossible: a country’s political victory. revisionist movement This challenges not only the actions of the courts but also the verdict of history itself. If you reach the Government, villarruel He will manage the defensive area.
Lawyer Villarruel He is 48 years old and He has been serving as a member of parliament since December 2021.. He speaks slowly, without gestures. But, scares many people. Days ago, in the legislature of the city of Buenos Aires, he led the commemoration of the victims of the guerrilla organizations that operated in Argentina in the seventies, politically and militarily before the coup of March 24, 1976. was defeated. In this scenario, Villarruel explained: “to be vile” To Estela Carlotto, president of the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, who rescued 133 confiscated children of missing persons.
Before joining the surfing wave Milei Facing the confusion of some of society, Villarruel was an activist who suffered from attention deficit disorder. points out the magazine ‘Crisis’, ““The scope of positive conversations has been increased” to military regime. The publication adds: “To this end, he wrote two books, gave dozens of lectures, attended countless television programs, visited schools and carefully prepared the content of his social networks.” And he now believes he is close to a personal and corporate “victory.”
military lineage
carries in veins military blood. At the time of his birth, his father, an Army officer, joined what was known as. Independence Movement in the northern state of Tucumán. This was more than a counter-insurgency action to repel a guerrilla focus: printing laboratory It reached a national scale after the overthrow of President Isabel Perón. HE Lieutenant Colonel Eduardo Villarruel He took aim and was never the subject of criminal investigations. In 1982 he participated in the war with Great Britain for the seizure of the Malvinas Islands. The defeat in the Atlantic hastened the army’s departure from power. But his loyalty to the dictatorship only ended in 1987, in the midst of a democratic transition. He refused to take the oath that required uniformed men to defend the National Constitution. He asked his subordinates to accompany him in this gesture, which cost him his career.
Member of Parliament’s uncle Intelligence officer Ernesto Villarruel. He was indicted for his role eight years ago. El Vesubio secret detention centre. Judge Daniel Rafecas ordered his arrest and he escaped. He was arrested in 2015 while posing as a health inspector. A year later, he was admitted to a psychiatric hospital where he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Rafecas removed him from the trial for which he was to be convicted.
The military lineage also has a maternal branch. Admiral is a grandfather to whom his deputy thanked him for his formative role. In the name of that family album and the “values” passed on to her, Victoria Villarruel, from a very young age, became the spokesperson of the defenders of the country’s governance in the most painful years.
Visit to former dictator Videla
The difficult moment depicted in the movie Santiago Miter, in which he starred in the period when Argentina started to follow an institutional path. Ricardo DarinThere were organizations in this country that brought together former soldiers, their wives, children and relatives of dead soldiers and defended the oppressive crusade as a closed book. Following the repeal of impunity laws that protected those responsible for horrific acts, “full memory” About what happened in the seventies.
La Libertad Avanza (LLA) vice presidential candidate He already played a very important role at that time. He first did this as a member of the Argentine Unity Association (Aunar), a group of former oppressors. He was later part of the Jóvenes por la Verdad group that came to visit former dictator Jorge Videla. His surname was found in a notebook kept by the police chief. Buenos Aires police Miguel Osvaldo Etchecolatz, one of the symbols of horrorwhile on trial.
Extremely conservative agenda
The author of ‘The Other Dead: Civilian Victims of Guerrilla Terrorism in the 70s’ claimed for many years that there was a terrorist organization in Argentina. “war” Symmetrical relationship between the state and armed groups, which in their heyday had only a few hundred followers. “In the context of war, it is legal to kill the enemy,” he wrote in 2005. Now admits crimes were committed violations the human rights During the dictatorship, however, it was not part of a systematic plan, as evidenced in the 1985 trial. 319 cases involving 1,146 penalties against oppressors It has been running for 17 years.
“They call me a genocidal, they call me a fraud, The denialism is the same that legitimizes the crimes of communism around the world. Therefore, without paying attention to labels, without being afraid of nicknames: If stealing everything in the name of the poor is on the left, I am on the right. If usurping the lands of the state and the nation is from the left, I am from the right. “If defending the impunity of terrorism comes from the left, gentlemen, I am from the right,” says Villarruel. He does not just want to rewrite history and reach out to the Government. encourage repeal of the law decriminalizing abortion And gender equality policies.
villarruel He placed words that had not been heard for decades into the popular language. Until Patricia Bullrich, former guerrilla After a few transformations it became like this Presidential candidate of right-wing coalition Together for Change, had to make some of his language his own. Bullrich said he would support a “fair exit” for militants if he wins the election.