

MURAL AT THE OFFICE of Asociación Madres de Plaza de Mayo (whose president is Hebe Bonafini), painted by the mothers, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. To the memory of my dear friend Beth, who, in the most difficult of times, kept urging me to write this book, and to Raúl, my compañero, and the people of Latin America, who know the meaning of political repression.ġ What Was Operation Condor? 2 Cold War Security Coordination: The Global Context 3 Operation Condor’s Structures and Functioning: The Parallel State in Operation 4 Condor’s Killing Machine: Phase II Transnational Operations 5 Phase III: Condor’s Assassination Capability 6 Commanders and Operatives of Condor 7 The Central American Connection 8 Conclusions ∞ ™ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992. Political crimes and offenses-Latin America.


Operación Cóndor (South American countersubversion association) 2. Includes bibliographical references and index. Patrice Predatory States : Operation Condor and covert war in Latin America / J. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data McSherry, J. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706 PO Box 317 Oxford OX2 9RU, UK Copyright © 2005 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. A wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. Published in the United States of America by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. PREDATORY STATES Operation Condor and Covert War in Latin America
