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Pinochet’s death made the air electric, gave every stranger something to talk about. For the next four hours, a crowd assembled spontaneously in the blazing sun, hugging, waving flags, and jumping ("el que no salta es Pinochet") to the chants of "se siente, se siente, Allende está presente." Half a metro line uptown, nearly as many people were in mourning for their "friend" and "father," the ex-general...
...preserved bodies, meanwhile, will give scientists an unprecedented look at Incan physiology. Reinhard and his team took care to pack the children in plastic, snow and insulating foam before hauling them down the mountain, and the Argentine military whisked them off to the nearby town of Salta. There, experts will analyze their stomachs to find out what they ate for their last meal, their organs for clues about their diet and their DNA to try and establish their relationship to other ethnic groups. Reinhard will head back into the mountains. There is no telling how many more bodies remain...
...concession in the resignation of Army Chief of Staff General Hector Rios Erenu, 56, who supported the trials. Alfonsin replaced Rios Erenu last week with former Inspector General Jose Segundo Dante Caridi, 56. The appointment, however, promptly led to renewed unrest at infantry garrisons in the northern provinces of Salta and Tucuman, where troops backed Training Institute Director General Augusto Vidal for the top military post. Said one insider: "The President was not about to show that the rebels could put up a nominee." Still, Caridi's appointment was part of a high-command housecleaning. General Fausto Gonzalez...
From West Germany. Argentina acquired two patrol boats, two conventional Type 209 (Salta) submarines and 125 TAM medium tanks...
...second list named Luis Guajardo as one of 59 exiled Chilean guerrillas who had clashed in a deadly shoot-out with Argentine police in the remote province of Salta. It appeared in Brazil in another justly obscure publication, a "newspaper" called O Dia. So far, no one has been able to locate the O Dia offices, and the Brazilian Press Association says it has never heard of the paper. Neither has anyone been able to confirm the spectacular shoot-out in Salta involving 59 supposed terrorists. Despite the questionable validity of both reports, they have been widely publicized in Chile...