Which Argentine leftist terrorist group tried to seize the barracks of the 29th Forest Infantry regiment?
Operation Primicia Operación Primicia (] , "Operation Scoop") was a large guerrilla attack that took place on 5 October 1975, in Formosa, Argentina. It was the largest attack ever launched by the paramilitary group Montoneros, which attempted to seize the barracks of the 29th Forest infantry regiment. This attack worsened the Dirty War, and indirectly led to the 1976 Argentine coup d'état the following year.
Operativo Independencia Operativo Independencia (Spanish for "Operation Independence") was the code-name of the Argentine military operation in the Tucumán Province, started in 1975 to crush the ERP —"Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo" or "People's Revolutionary Army"—, a Guevarist guerrilla group, which tried to create a Vietnam-style war front in the Tucumán Province, in northwestern Argentina. It was the first large-scale military operation of the Dirty War.