Aníbal Gordon

Aníbal Gordon (died 13 September 1987) was an Argentine suspected of being a leader of the Triple A death squad, active in 1973–1976 against leftist Peronistas during the period of rule by the Peróns.

[1] His activities extended into the period of the Dirty War against the political opposition, conducted by the juntas, which ruled from 1976 to 1983.

He developed a business of commercial displays for plastics and metals, which was used in the beginning to finance his other activities.

He was convicted in 1985 of executing the murders of labor leader José Rucci in 1973, and Silvio Frondizi, a professor and brother of the President, and Rodolfo Ortega Peña in 1974, all during the period of Triple A.

[3] At the time of Gordon's death in prison in 1987, the former intelligence agent had been charged in several kidnappings and murders.

He acknowledged having worked during the Dirty War in the secret detention center of the Automotores Orletti, where interrogation under torture and executions were performed under the military dictatorship (El proceso) (1976–1983).