THE AMBASSADOR 10 19 76 MR JOHN SEARS POL R LEGAL ATTACHE ROBERT W S bii l i' ' FOREIGN POLITICAL MATTERS - ARGENTINA FOREIGN POLITICAL MATTERS - euBA Reference my memo 9 3 76 which reported on the abduction and assassination of JESUS CEJAS ARIAS a nd CRESENCIO GALANENA HERNANDEZ two en1ployees of the Cuban Embassy in Buenos Aires by Argentine security forces during August 1976 On 9 18 76 a source who is connected with one of the Argentine intelligence services provided the following information After CEJAS and GALANENA had been a ssassinated their bodies were cemented into one large storage drum and thrown into the Rio Lujan near Puente Colorado in San Fernando Buenos Aires Province The location where the two bodies were dumped had been used in the past to dispose of other bodies by the State Secretariat for Information SIDE The bodies of CEJAS and GALANENA were recovered on or about 10 14 76 by members of the San Fernando Volunteer Fire Department and frog men fromthe National Ma ri time Prefectura Because CEJAS and GALANENA had been immersed in water for such a considerable period of time facilitating rapid decomposition it is doubtful that they will be identified At the time CEJAS and GALANENA were recovered several other bodies appa rent victims of SIDE operations were also recovered from the Rio Lujan at the same approximate locatione 1 This document should be returned to the off ice of the Legal Attache 1 Addressee B os Aires 109-2 ci Ssified y Exempt from l - 109-103 Schedule of 'l 109-5 FP_M Cuba Exemption Jn 1 - 80-84 EPOIRE _ ptomatica 1 4 - 5931 nera Dec assification xe lltive Order 11652 egory5B 2 declassified on Indefinite This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu