The judge Alicia Vence holder of the Federal Court No. 2 of San Martín -recently- brought the case to trial for the well-known “Massacre of José León Suárez”, occurred in 1956during the dictatorship of Pedro Eugenio Aramburo. Now, they wait for a date to be set for the debate. Rodolfo Walshin his work Operation Massacredenounced these murders and other executions that occurred in parallel, in different military headquarters.
Family members and organizations Human Rights They demand that the homicides perpetrated by the uniformed men in that massacre be recognized crimes against humanity, because the victims They fulfilled their militancy. The massacre occurred after military coup of 1955 who overthrew the constitutional government of Juan Domingo Peron and established the call “Liberating Revolution.”
About the victims of the massacre
The victims of the massacre were: Mario Brión, Francisco Garibotti, Vicente Rodríguez, Carlos Lizaso and Nicolás Carranza. Meanwhile, Juan Carlos Livraga miraculously he survived and lives outside. Seven of his companions who were also arrested in the town of Florida They were able to escape.
As it was known, In three days the dictatorship produced 18 murders of soldiers and 13 civilians. Furthermore, some of them were part of an uprising led by the generals Juan José Valle and Raúl Tancowho intended that Peronism returns to the presidency.
The debate will be carried out under the modality of “trial by truth”, to clarify the events that occurred at that time in the infamous garbage dumps of Jose Leon Suarez, Lanús, Campo de Mayo and the Las Heras Penitentiarywhere it is currently Plaza Las Heras. It is an achievement of the lawyer Alberto “Pepe” Palacios and of the Commission for Memory, Truth and Justice of San Martín.
“Dr. Vence’s decision to take the case to trial is very important for the victims, the families and for all the Argentine people. Because we need that State dictator who shot young people in an open field does not go unpunished; that is the fundamental reparative act“said the lawyer Palacesin dialogue with Time.
He also explained that it is important that it be the Judiciary as an organ of the State whoever condemns the massacre. Beyond the public condemnation it already has for the tributes and recognitions to the victims and their families.
Seven decades of impunity
Palacios explained: “They have 70 years have passed since the events occurred and, given the deaths of those directly accused, the oral debate will serve to hear what really happenedso we will know the truth.”
And he concluded: “We have a new expectation, We are waiting for the trial dateduring the last days We present the evidence, documentary and testimonial, that was carried out in the investigation of the case and that we consider should be repeated in the oral debate”.
Judge Vence argued her elevation with the statements of many witnesses, particularly the children of the victims. Among those who are Berta Carranza, Daniel Brión, Alicia Rodríguez and Delia Garibotti, who presented documentation about the events that occurred during the 9 and 10 June 1956.
Son of one of the victims
Daniel Brion He is the son of one of those murdered, Mario. In addition, he is a writer, author of the book «The president sleeps«and of «Captain María Remedios del Valle, Mother of the Country«. A man who with his works demonstrated once again that Argentine history is written as it suits the powerful.
«I deeply appreciate this elevation of the recently deceased colleague to trial. Evita Moraleswho was the president of the Commission for Memory, Truth and Justice of San Martín and also to our lawyer, Palaces“, he expressed Brionin dialogue with Time.
And he concluded: “Because thanks to them we reached this stage, we hope to be able to achieve it. No matter how much time passed, We will not forget them, living or dead, never slaves, always until victory, we have no martyrs, Peronism has heroes”.
He also said that he is deeply happy that the cause of the five murders in the massacre is moving forward, including that of his father. But he emphasizes that The fight was always for everyone’s memory and also for political vindication.
Brión concluded by mentioning. “I am very happy that my book has been accepted as documentary evidence. Because there’s the whole story, the truth of how the murders committed by that filthy genocidal dictatorship of Aramburu happened”.
A tireless fight for justice
The Commission for the Memory of Truth and Justice of San Martín with family -between 2022 and 2023- They promoted judicial actions so that the murders be recognized as crimes against humanity. Because the victims They were on a militant missionit is necessary that this be so for that crimes do not prescribe and do not go unpunished.
Then the Justice took new testimonial statements and in 2024, a relevant finding was added. It is about the documentation belonging to Admiral Isaac Rojas, that was found in a property in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of The Mouthwhich previously belonged to William Brown and which currently functions as Navy Museum.
