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what are the victims of the guerra sucia called? victimones the bad ones the disappeared unlucky few

The victims of the Guerra Sucia (Dirty War) in Argentina are most commonly called “los desaparecidos” – “the disappeared.”

They are also referred to more formally as “detenidos-desaparecidos” (disappeared detainees), highlighting that the state secretly detained, tortured, and then made them “vanish.”

So, from your options:

  • “victimones” – not a real or standard term.
  • “the bad ones” – this reflects the junta’s propaganda, not how victims are remembered today.
  • “the disappeared” – this is the correct one.
  • “unlucky few” – also not used; the scale was large, with tens of thousands affected.

In public memory, in human-rights reports, and in museums and memorials in Argentina, the dominant name is los desaparecidos , a term that has become global shorthand for victims of forced disappearance by the state.

At the bottom of an article or forum-style “Quick Scoop,” you could also briefly note that these people included students, workers, journalists, activists, and ordinary citizens targeted as supposed “subversives” by the dictatorship.

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