Six South American Countries Shared Hit Lists

Añadido: 2026-06-02

[00:00:00]Did you know that in the 1970s, South American dictators created a secret network to hunt down their enemies anywhere in the world? It was called Operation Condor. Six military governments signed a pact. If you opposed them, there was nowhere to run.

[00:00:15]A Chilean exile living peacefully in Buenos Aires would simply vanish one morning. An Argentine student hiding in Paraguay would be found dead in a ditch.

[00:00:23]Uruguayan refugees in Brazil would disappear without a trace. These weren't random killings. This was a coordinated hunting system. The dictators shared hit lists. [music] They traded prisoners across borders. They coordinated assassinations like a business operation. A dissident could flee thousands of miles from home and still wake up to men in dark suits at their door. The CIA trained many of these operatives, taught them interrogation techniques, provided equipment and intelligence. Over 30,000 people vanished into this machine. Mothers, students, union leaders, anyone who spoke out. For a decade, an entire continent became a killing field where borders meant nothing and escape was impossible. Operation Condor turned South America into the world's largest hunting ground.