Bs. As .: Reconstruction in Pilar where Lieutenant Mario Cesar Asua was assassinated by an extremist command when he was transporting arms and ammunition to the Campo de Mayo Garrison in a military truck. Report where the journalist Tico Rodríguez Paz comments: - "And the soldier who accompanied him, I must limit you who were traveling inside the truck 14 or 15 soldiers who are tied by the extremists with ropes that we do not know if they were ropes or chains, this is not confirmed, padlocks that are thrown and placed one by one here on the side of the road, in this ditch that you see without of course being able to resist. Also, on both sides of where the operation was carried out, the traffic is stopped and they one by one they are removing the key from the drivers, logically a large amount of traffic is accumulating and one by one they are removing the key, I reiterate, and also some drivers are placed throughout this ditch. Finally they decide to flee by the the only exit they have towards the Federal Capital, that is a version that up to now has not been confirmed ". Report to a witness, in which he is asked: "Sir, at what time was all this?" -You live here? -What business do you have sir? - You were at the precise moment that the event occurred here, here where we are looking at the route? "Sir, how did Lieutenant Asua die?" -How do they run away from here? - Was there a lot of weapons in the truck? "Sir, was there no traffic, were there no people?" -Do you have long lines of cars because this route is of course very busy? -How long has it all lasted? -How was the shooting? -Were there men and women? -What amount? - a member of the extremist group dropped a pistol here, near here? Then the journalist comments: - "The operation begins and we explain it this way: a truck is parked that went up and down towards the route, at that moment the military truck came from there and exactly when it arrived here. This road that you see It is a road that goes into a farm. -And this is the Bedford model 54 truck, it was as I explained before parked here. " (Tico Rodríguez Paz)
Date: 4/30/1971
Duration: 3 minutes 44 seconds
Film code: B-08615

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