Jorge Anaya

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Jorge Anaya

Jorge Isaac Anaya (born September 27, 1926 in Bahía Blanca , Buenos Aires Province , † January 9, 2008 ) was an Argentine military and politician. He was the commander of the Argentine Navy , which had played a leading role during the dictatorship of Argentina from 1976 to 1983.

Anaya was part of the power apparatus throughout the Argentine military dictatorship (1976-1983). Together with Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri and Basilio Lami Dozo , he played a leading role during the so-called third junta (between 1981 and 1982). He was one of the leading architects and proponents of a military action to conquer the Falkland Islands , which led to the Falklands War in 1982 ( Spanish Guerra de las Malvinas ). " Fue quién impulsó la guerra de Malvinas, prometiendo al general Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri, a fines de 1981, el apoyo de la Armada para convertirlo en sucesor del general Roberto Viola en la Presidencia de la Nación "

Life

In 1955, Anaya took part as a young naval officer in the Revolución Libertadora , a coup against President Juan Domingo Perón .

He later served as Argentina's naval attaché in London.

In 1976 Anaya became chief of naval operations in the new military dictatorship.

In December 1981 there was a change in the management of the junta. The third junta began under the leadership of General Leopoldo Galtieri . Anaya, who was now in command of the Navy, ordered Vice Admiral Juan Lombardo to devise a plan for the conquest of the Falkland Islands . “ Yo estoy convencido que Galtieri no tenía ni idea de Malvinas. No habrá pasado una semana y con Anaya vamos a ver a Galtieri. Hasta ese momento el único enterado era yo »In 1982 he drafted the Operation Algeciras plan : The plan provided that agents from the southern Spanish city of Algeciras should undertake a commando operation against British Royal Navy warships in Gibraltar . Due to communication problems, the plan was dropped at the last minute.

Argentina made a transition to democracy in 1983. In 1985 Anaya was charged with the most serious of human rights violations (murder, torture, enslavement, concealment of the truth, presumption of power, forgery of documents and kidnapping).

In 1997, the Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón filed for extradition against 45 members of the Argentine military and one civilian for involvement in genocide, state terrorism and torture during the dirty war . Anaya was one of the defendants. The new democratically elected Argentine government rejected these requests several times.

In 2003, President Néstor Kirchner took up the matter again and ordered that the extraditions be confirmed.

In August 2003, the Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar rejected the extradition request. In 2005 the Spanish Supreme Court retried the application. Anaya suffered a heart attack in November 2006 and was rushed to hospital. He has been unable to stand trial since then.

He died on January 9, 2008 while he was under house arrest.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [ Malvinas, la trama secreta . Oscar Cardoso, Ricardo Kirschbaum, Eduardo Van Der Kooy]
  2. ↑ a b c d perfil.com ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.perfil.com
  3. ^ Operación Algeciras , Alberto "Duffman" López, Por Tierra Mar y Aire
  4. ↑ Auto de procesamiento de militares argentinos, Juzgado Central de Instrucción Nº 5 de ESpaña, 29 de diciembre de 1997
  5. ↑ Argentina al rojo vivo tras la decisión del presidente Kirchner de habilitar la extradición de militares acusados ​​de violaciones a los derechos humanos ( Memento of the original from September 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: El Espectador . July 27, 2003.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.espectador.com
  6. ↑ Corte Suprema española ordenó pedir extradición de militares argentinos , July 22, 2005.
  7. ^ Colin Harding: Obituary: Rear-Admiral Jorge Anaya: Argentine naval commander . In: The Independent . Independent News and Media Limited. January 16, 2008. Retrieved January 17, 2008.
personal data
SURNAME Anaya, Jorge
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Anaya, Jorge Isaac (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine military and politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 27, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Bahía Blanca , Buenos Aires Province
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 2008