His body and some of his writings were never seen again. He was then close to the CGT de los Argentinos.īack in Argentina in 1973, Walsh joined the Montoneros radical group, and four years later he was killed during a shoot-out with a special military group that set him an ambush. In 1960 he went to Cuba, where, together with Jorge Masetti, he founded the Prensa Latina press agency. In 1957 he finished Operación Masacre, an investigative work on the assassination of opposition figures during the military government of Aramburu.

In 1953 he received the Buenos Aires Municipal Literature Award for his book Variaciones en Rojo. In the late 1940s he joined the Alianza Libertadora Nacionalista, from which he later moved to the Peronist cause. Although he started studying philosophy at university, he abandoned it and did a number of different jobs, including editorial. He remains disappeared since March 25, 1977.Īfter finishing the primary education in his small town in Río Negro Province, Walsh moved to Buenos Aires in 1941, where he completed high school. In 1957 he finished Operación Masacre, an investigative work on the assassination of opposition figures duri Rodolfo Jorge Walsh was an Argentine writer, considered the founder of investigative journalism in Argentina. After finishing the primary education in his small town in Río Negro Province, Walsh moved to Buenos Aires in 1941, where he completed high school. He remains disappeared since March 25, 1977. Rodolfo Jorge Walsh was an Argentine writer, considered the founder of investigative journalism in Argentina.

Operación Masacre by Rodolfo Walsh