The 1976 Argentine coup d'état overthrew Isabel Perón as President of Argentina on 24 March 1976. A military junta was headed by Lieutenant General Jorge Rafael Videla, Admiral Emilio Eduardo Massera and Brigadier-General Orlando Ramón Agosti.
In the aftermath of the coup and ensuing Dirty War, some 30,000 people, primarily young opponents of the military regime, were "disappeared" or killed.
Military men responsible for the killings often spared pregnant women for a time, keeping them in custody until they gave birth, before killing them and giving their infants to childless military families.
The Junta remained in power until Raúl Alfonsín, democratically elected, took office as President of Argentina, in December 1983. The 24 March anniversary of the coup is now designated in Argentina as the Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice.
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