mass kidnappings They are an ancient weapon of war that almost always affects civilians, who are deprived of freedom of movement and converted into currency. HE international human rights This is not about the figure, but about the “hostage taking”, since kidnapping is included in the criminal code of each state, but one and the other are ultimately the same. In both cases, it means endangering the lives of those caught in order to gain something in return. 199 Israelis in the hands of Hamas and Islamic JihadLike so many hostages before them, they witnessed their autonomy severely curtailed and their fate tied to the plans of their captors. Here are a few episodes of such perverted practices.
Olympics injury
The night connecting September 5 to September 6, 1972, Commando consisting of eight members of the Palestinian Black September group kidnapping 11 Israeli athletes and coaches Participants of the Munich Olympic Games. Terrorists demanded Release of more than 200 Palestinians detained in Israel, and Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof, who were imprisoned in Germany. The kidnappers killed the athletes and a German police officer. 5 members of the Palestinian commando lost their lives failed rescue operation and three others were arrested and released 53 days after the Lufthansa flight was hijacked.
The Munich tragedy marked the end of the Games’ era of innocence. Since that moment, Security measures in states and Olympic villages.
‘Operation Thunder’
An Air France plane flying from Athens to Paris On June 27, 1976, it was kidnapped by a Palestinian commando with 248 people on board. The plane was diverted to Entebe (Uganda) Where non-Jewish passengers were released. Israel launched a rescue operation – ‘Operation Thunder’ – on the night of 3-4 July, with an elite unit flying into Entebe. The Israeli commander who led the operation, three hostages, all the kidnappers and 45 Ugandan soldiers were killed in the attack.
Date of the first documented hijacking 1929 in Mexico. Airport security measures continued to increase since the second half of the 1970s. After 9/11, the US Federal Aviation Administration imposed even stricter rules that were emulated around the world.
Attack in Managua
A command of 25 people Sandinista National Liberation Front On August 22, 1978, he attacked the Managua National Palace, where the National Congress was meeting. The Sandinistas came to have some 3,000 hostages, He explained that they were released during the two days of negotiations, and as a result, the guerrillas met their demands:Release of 50 political prisoners, a statement from the Sandinista leadership was disseminated, $500,000 was handed over, and the attackers were given permission to leave Nicaragua. On July 19, 1979, Somocism was overthrown and Eden PastoraThe man who led the attack on Congress was appointed deputy minister of Internal Affairs, but went into exile in 1982 due to disagreements with Daniel and Humberto Ortega.
US embassies in Tehran
Islamic students On November 4, 1979, they surrounded and raided the US Embassy in Tehran. The crowd took people hostage 52 diplomats and embassy staff What was the beginning of the kidnapping? 444 days. After several diplomatic efforts failed, the president Jimmy Carter official rescue operation The incident ended on April 24, 1980 resounding failure. When diplomatic relations deteriorated, negotiations with intermediaries were inconclusive and the hostages were not released until January 20, 1981. Ronald Reagan’s inauguration.
On the day of the attack, six officials managed to escape, taking refuge in the Canadian Embassy and fleeing to their countries; It was an adventure that inspired the 2012 movie ‘Argo’.
Attack on the Central Bank
A group of 11 people led by José Juan Martínez Gómez, alias ‘El Rubio’took over the Central Bank’s headquarters in Barcelona and Approximately 300 hostages on May 23, 1981Just three months after the coup attempt. There were nearly a hundred people was released in exchange for foodbut negotiations stalled and the decision was made the next afternoon. GEOs took over the building. The operation started around 20:00, the hostages came out unharmed and 9 of the robbers were arrested. During the 37-hour kidnapping incident, only one attacker was killed and one injured. General Aramburu, director of the Civil Guard, described El Rubio’s group as follows: “A group of chorizos, bandits and anarchists”, but the truth is that it was never made clear what its purpose was.
‘Achille-Lauro’
The Italian pleasure cruiser ‘Achille Lauro’ was hijacked by four members of the Palestine Liberation Front on 7 October 1985.50 Palestinians detained in Israel were released. The ship arrived in Port Said, Egypt, where the command concluded the hijacking, but a major crisis broke out there because Ronald Reagan, after learning that an assassin had been killed, demanded that the commanders be handed over to him for trial in the United States. American citizen killed during kidnapping. Bettino Craxi refused to do this and agreed with the Egyptian president. Hosni Mubarak, The EgyptAir plane took the kidnappers Tunisia. After a strange American warplanes follow the plane Tensions eased and Reagan eventually apologized in a letter to end the crisis.
Saddam’s ‘human shields’
HeyRak invaded Kuwait on August 2, 1990. and in the days that followed, Saddam Hussein decided to cancel the visas of foreign residents and visitors from countries he viewed as enemies. In practice, they became hostages of the Iraqi regime. Withdrawal of United States military deployment Allowing foreigners detained in the region to leave the country. Considering the risk of endangering the hostages in the rescue operation, negotiations were initiated with the secret intervention of Arab intermediaries and humanitarian organizations, while at the same time Saddam turned more than 8 thousand foreigners living in Iraq and Kuwait into human shields. 184 Spaniards. When December came, the Iraqi Government agreed to allow them to leave in stages.
Ambassador’s residence in Lima
formal dinner Residence of the Japanese ambassador in Peru The ceremony to celebrate Emperor Akihito’s birthday on December 17, 1996 has concluded. kidnapping of approximately 800 guestsAmong them was Alberto Fujimori’s mother, killed by a commando. 14 members of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement. More than 700 hostages were released in the following hours. 72 of them remained in the hands of the attackers. After being detained for 126 days, 71 of them were released on April 22, 1997, and one died during an operation. military operation By all indications, he is the one who killed several kidnappers when they surrendered. After 18 years of appeals in court, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that the Republic of Peru was responsible for the violation of the right to life.
death in theater
A. fifty Chechen terrorists they occupied Dubrovka Theater in Moscow, 800 spectators watched the show on October 23, 2002. The attackers demanded an end to the conflict in Chechnya and the withdrawal of the Russian Army from the region. At dawn on the 26th, special forces entered the room after spreading out. narcotic gas through ventilation system To prevent the Chechen group from using weapons. The tactic didn’t work: A two-hour firefight inside the room 119 spectators died and all attackers. After hours, Vladimir Putin He appeared on television to confirm that hundreds of hostages had been rescued alive and apologized for not being able to save them all.
Massacre in a school
A group of 32 Ingush and Chechen terrorists was attacked Beslan’s number 1 school, North Ossetia, September 1, 2004, first day of the course. The command took approximately 1,300 people hostage, including children, fathers, mothers and teachers, who were locked in the gym after the first armed attack. Negotiations for the release of the hostages on the 2nd failed, and the arrival of a medical team at noon on the 3rd was greeted with gunfire and explosions. Special forces responded to a large-scale attack using helicopters and tanks: 344 hostages, 186 of whom were children, lost their lives in the attack also 11 soldiers and 31 kidnappers. The European Court of Human Rights held the Russian government responsible for the massacre in 2017; For years, the massacre was considered Putin’s fault.
Journalists and aid workers in Syria
Between 2013 and 2014, approximately twenty journalists and aid workers were kidnapped in Syria by the group that later became known as the Islamic State (IS), including Marc Marginedas, special envoy for EL PERIÓDICO of the Prensa Ibérica group. The reporter was detained for six months and was released on March 2, 2014. This evacuation was followed by reporters of other nationalities, including Spaniards Javier Espinosa and Ricardo Garcia Vilanova. However, British and American hostages were executed. and the scene of his decapitation was recorded on video and broadcast by the terrorists. Inside ‘Return to Raqqa’ documentaryDirected by Albert Solé and released last January, Marginedas reminds us of six months of captivity. “When you’re kidnapped, you see the best and worst of the human condition,” the journalist says.
enslaved girls
Terrorists Boko Haram they missed 279 girls at Chibok girls’ school, northeastern Nigeria, April 14, 2014. All search attempts were unsuccessful and two years later only 60 had been located. In the following years he found several dozen missing, but even today many people are missing from their homes. Still stands jihadist threat Kidnappings will continue “as the government interferes with Islamic teaching” and several young women have been confirmed to have been kidnapped. Boko Haram’s sex slaves.
Although Chibok’s case was not the only one – nearly 2,000 women and girls were abducted in Nigeria between 2014 and 2015 – it was the first to spark an international mobilization for her release under the slogan ‘Bring back our girls’.