TO 25 YEARS OF ATTACK A ALFONSIN
On 19 May 1986 a bomb was found in a military unit that visited the President Raul Alfonsin. Found on the side of the road would cross the president, the engine was turned off. And a week later it blew up, proving dangerous. Chronicle of fact, in extracts of The history of bomb Alfonsin , note by Adrian Van der Horst People magazine , No. 1088 May 29, 1986.
"Know that the first error is the last. You can not go wrong. He and the pump. No one else. Someone will win. Trotyl two loaves and a mortar shell. Has seen hundreds. But distrust: so alive. See a black cable that is lost in the grasslands. No time. You must remove the detonator. The president is near, and within a radius of 50 meters many people. No doubt. Concentrates the light and the world disappears. Pulls the trigger. Trotyl takes off. Beware. Among the breads can be triggers. The short. Load the projectile in his arms and walk slowly to the mobile bomb squad. It rests on the floor gently. Ten and forty on Monday 19 May. Arce know he is alive and his work is complete. But what story began?
'attempted attack on His Excellency the President of the Nation' . A title for this story. And behind the scenes, a struggle. Fingers are facing. Death threats. Regular meetings. Yes, in Córdoba had to find the culprits, to the minds and hands to put that bullet trotyl mortar and a few feet from where he would spend the President Alfonsin. A 120-mm caliber mortar inside takes 2.5 kilos of TNT (trinitrotoluene) and their side-increasing destructive power trotyl-two loaves of 450 grams each. Even before leaving for Cordoba a comment received at the Jorge Newbery airport framed the struggle. 'What happened' , I asked an Army officer. 'There is much movement and uncertainty. It seems that we made the bed. That bomb did not put the military. We must look to the side of the Police '. The call to cut the chat board. In Cordoba, nobody wanted to lose. 'If I invite the President to my house I am responsible for what can happen. They (referring to the command of the Third Corps) requested that one of our brigades will be in charge of the explosive issue of the possibility of an attack. Has not been to determine responsibilities? " , said a police source Cordoba reserved.
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In Command (Police Radio Córdoba) are prepared for the worst. One of his men, the principal officer Carlos Primo, was the one who found the bomb in the Third Army Corps. Was head of one of the mobile units responsible for control and monitoring of travel of the President. At about 10.30 am on Monday, 19 stopped the vehicle a few meters from a culvert located between the place where President Alfonsin shoot a cannon and the Mosque, where then would be directed. Primo looked pasture and jumped into the small channel of the gutter. Something caught his attention. With your right hand and moved a few weeds out asked Hugo Velazquez, who was on the road: 'What is this? " . Velazquez, with the tip of the boot, made a hole in the grass and, surprised, replied: "It's a bomb '. The Principal Officer Primo did move to vehicles that were nearby and sounded the alarm to the bomb squad. 'I did not stop to look much detail. Was required to immediately alert the presence of this artifact. There was no time to lose '. Coincidence? Why this officer fell into the gutter? Just for the urge to urinate, according to comment? The reality is that the judge (federal Miguel) Rodríguez Villafañe was reconstructed in detail the time.
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At 15.42 on Monday 26 the bomb exploded. A cloud of smoke and dirt rose to 600 meters from the Mosque. It was spectacular as anticipated Police specialist Cordoba. But it exploded. Shrapnel flew more than 70 meters from where they had planted the bomb. Opened an oval on the floor of 1 meter by 1.20 and 20 centimeters deep. It was a blast lapidary. That night General (Hannibal) Vegetables (holder of the Third Corps) announced his retirement. 'I'm a little sore to have finished my career in these circumstances. Something does not smell good. This is not a bomb paratrooper. I just want to say that I feel like the duck from the wedding. But clearly, there was a fault and I have to assume it '. Owned the home during the presidential visit and was in charge of security the president. "
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