The Corpse
On June 16, navy planes drop nine and a half tons of bombs on the Plaza de Mayo, in front of the Government House, in a failed attempt to overthrow Peron, reelected three years before with 62 percent of the vote. This is the overture to the violence that will envelope Argentina until 1983.
In September, a military junta overthrows Peron, disbands the Congress, dissolves the Supreme Court, takes control of the unions, and governs in a state of siege. A decree by the Executive Power establishes prison sentences for anyone who publicly speaks the name of ex-President Peron or his wife Evita. The military steals Evita's embalmed corpse.
Horacio Verbitsky's Confessions of an Argentine Dirty Warrior