ARGENTINA: Unexpected Arrest

Two daring attempts set the Argentine Government's nerves on edge,

In Buenos Aires, in a parked car, sat Police Officer Lombilla, torture expert of the "Sección Especial," with two of his henchmen. A green sedan streaked past. Guns blazed. One of Lombilla's henchmen was killed, but Lombilla escaped. So did the gunmen, whom the Government promptly labeled Communists.

The second attempt was less routine. A monster parade of Army reservists (some of them 80 years old) was scheduled to march down the Calle Florida. At 10 a.m., two armed men burst into the administration building at the Matanza Airfield south of...

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