Campo de Mayo

Campo de Mayo is a military base in the Partido of San Miguel in Argentina, about 30 km northwest of Buenos Aires. The base is one of the most important in the country, has an area of 80 km ² and is home to the Escuela General Lemos, an officer school of the Argentine Army.

History

The construction of the base was decided on August 8, 1901 a law initiated by the Minister of War, General Pablo Riccheri.

Between 1976 and 1982, during the Dirty War, there are four secret torture centers were based on "La Casita ", " Prisión Militar de Encausados ​​", " El Campito " and the " Hospital Militar, " where newborns were taken away from their imprisoned mothers to be accommodated in the other families.

Campo de Mayo in April 1987 was also the site of a mutiny, led by the military Aldo Rico and performed by so-called Carapintadas (German: Painted faces, because of the painting, who used this for camouflage ). The incident was an attempted coup by military forces against President Raúl Alfonsín, despite the passing of the Ley de Punto Final on December 24, 1986, the charges were due to crimes committed during the Dirty War, only possible within a certain period. As one of the consequences of the law on the duty of obedience was passed which greatly restricted the prosecution of military lower ranks.