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“whereas the Falcon was just a cheap set of wheels.” A cheap set of wheels that notoriously disappeared Argentinian activists.
by plink 7y ago
“whereas the Falcon was just a cheap set of wheels.”
A cheap set of wheels that notoriously disappeared Argentinian activists.
- mulmen 7y agoI don’t understand the reference, can you elaborate?
- ahi 7y agoThey were the vehicle of choice for Argentinian death squads: https://www.reuters.com/article/argentina-dictatorship-falcon/suspected-death-squad-cars-found-at-argentine-base-idUSL2E8QR0OQ20120327?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews&rpc=401 https://www.reuters.com/article/argentina-dictatorship-falco...
- bspn 7y agoOutside of the US, the Falcon continued to be mass-produced in a number of international markets (and in some, like Australia, became wildly popular) and one of those markets was Argentina where it was used by both the police and paramilitary death squads which I assume is what the reference was to.