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16006131960AttemptedMilitary coup

Argentina, 1960 — military coup attempt

Argentina (ARG)South America, AmericasJune 13, 1960

Event Summary

On June 13, 1960, elements of the armed forces moved against the sitting government of Argentina in what is recorded as a military coup attempt. The attempt failed, and the sitting executive retained power; the record notes the targeted leadership’s fate as: remained in office; not physically harmed.

A researched narrative has not yet been added; this summary is generated from coded fields.

Researched Details

Research unresolved

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Target: unresolved in the current research
No accessible source names or confirms a targeted leader for a specific June 13, 1960 event. Wikipedia's own survey articles ('Golpes de Estado en Argentina' and 'Military coups in Argentina') list no coup at all in 1960, jumping directly from 1955 to 1962, and no Spanish- or English-language source could be found describing any June 13, 1960 military action. Nearby context episodes are distinct in time: Plan CONINTES (March 13, 1960), the Toranzo Montero/Larcher pressure episode (now dated to October 1960 rather than 'early 1960'), and the Iñíguez uprising (November 30, 1960).

Sources

General Toranzo Montero, co-commander of the Army, pressured President Frondizi with a memorandum demanding repeal of the Professional Associations Law and removal of Frigerists, communists and disguised Peronists from government; Frondizi did not back War Minister Larcher against Toranzo Montero and accepted his resignation. NOTE: the original entry's 'In early 1960' framing is not supported — todo-argentina.net's page does not give an explicit date for this passage (it appears at the top of a thematic, not strictly chronological, year-page), and independent Wikipedia sourcing (Rodolfo Larcher's and Carlos Toranzo Montero's articles) dates Larcher's actual resignation to October 15, 1960, roughly four months AFTER the June 13 target date, not before it.
INDIRECT CITATION todo-argentina.net, Civiles y militares - Presidencia Arturo Frondizi, Año 1960 (date claim corrected against es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodolfo_Larcher and es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Toranzo_Montero) open source ↗
Plan CONINTES (State Internal Commotion Plan) was implemented on March 13, 1960 (Decree 2628/60, effective March 14), at military request; todo-argentina.net reports roughly 2,000 detentions and 500 convictions. The March 13 date is independently corroborated by Wikipedia's 'Plan CONINTES' article, though that article cites other historians giving different totals (~3,500 detentions per journalist Roberto Bardini; 111 convictions totaling 777 years per lawyer Julio Viaggio) — the 2,000/500 figures should be treated as this one source's estimate, not a settled count.
INDIRECT CITATION todo-argentina.net, Civiles y militares - Presidencia Arturo Frondizi, Año 1960 open source ↗
A failed Peronist-linked civil-military uprising led by General Miguel Ángel Iñíguez occurred in Argentina on November 30, 1960 (centered in Rosario, with actions also in Salta and Mendoza), distinct from any June event. Independently confirmed by Wikipedia's dedicated article 'Levantamiento del 30 de noviembre de 1960' and by Infobae retrospective coverage.
INDIRECT CITATION todo-argentina.net, Civiles y militares - Presidencia Arturo Frondizi, Año 1960; corroborated by es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levantamiento_del_30_de_noviembre_de_1960 open source ↗

Editorial Note

Despite extensive searching (English and Spanish-language sources, Wikipedia's Military coups in Argentina article, FRUS 1958-1960 volume V, todo-argentina.net's year-by-year Frondizi timeline, Argentine press retrospectives), I could not find any independent source describing a specific attempted military coup in Argentina on June 13, 1960. Sourced Argentine-history timelines for 1960 mention military pressure from General Toranzo Montero (resulting in a war minister's resignation) and Plan CONINTES in March 1960, and a separate, well-documented failed Peronist uprising led by General Iñíguez in November 1960 — but no June 13 event. It is possible this Cline Center-coded event refers to a lower-profile garrison mutiny or an internal military ultimatum not covered in the general-audience sources I could access, or it may be a coding of the broader Toranzo Montero pressure episode with an approximate/different date attribution. I am not willing to assert either explanation without a source confirming it. The three facts above provide sourced context for the period but do not confirm the specific dated event, so I cannot name a target leader for this specific record with any sourcing confidence beyond noting Frondizi was president throughout this period (a fact so well established it needs no individual citation, but I am not treating it as confirmation that HE was the target of this specific June 13 action). | Re-fetched the sole cited source (todo-argentina.net's 'Año 1960' page) directly and via web search cross-checks; the page is live and does contain the Toranzo Montero memorandum language, the Plan CONINTES March 13 1960 detail, and the November Iñíguez-uprising line substantially as summarized. Direct curl access to the domain was blocked by the sandbox's egress proxy (403 on CONNECT), so verification relied on the WebFetch tool (two independent fetches, consistent results) plus independent corroboration via Spanish Wikipedia articles (Plan_CONINTES, Levantamiento_del_30_de_noviembre_de_1960, Rodolfo_Larcher, Carlos_Toranzo_Montero) and WebSearch. Found one real problem: fact #1's 'In early 1960' date claim is contradicted by Wikipedia's Larcher and Toranzo Montero articles, which independently and specifically date Larcher's actual resignation to October 15, 1960 — after, not before, the June 13 target date. I corrected that fact's text to strip the false date claim and flag the discrepancy rather than remove the fact outright, since its substantive content (the memorandum demands, the resignation itself) is genuinely sourced. Also flagged that fact #2's casualty/conviction numbers are this-source-specific and diverge from other historians' estimates per Wikipedia; kept the fact but added a caveat. Fact #3 (Iñíguez, November 30 1960) is strongly corroborated by an independent dedicated Wikipedia article and press coverage, unchanged. Confirmed independently (via Wikipedia's Argentina coup-list articles and multiple targeted searches for '13 de junio de 1960') that no source describes a June 13, 1960 coup attempt — target_leader NONE is well supported and kept, with the reason text tightened. Original summary field was empty, so nothing to trim there.

Cross-Reference

Datasets agree. At least two of the three reference datasets we check against carry this event, and none of them disagrees about its date or its result.

Identifiers for finding this same event in the other datasets:

Cline Center id
16006131960
Albrecht/Koehler/Schutz (CAM) id
CAM-160-1960-06-13

How the match is made is described in crossref-report.md.

Outcome and Target

Target: unresolved in the current research.

Baseline coding: Coup attempt failed to remove the incumbent. Recorded leader fate: remained in office; not physically harmed. The baseline file does not name individual targets; researched names are kept in a separate layer.

Baseline Dataset Citation

Cline Center Coup d’État Project Dataset, v2.2.2
Peyton, Buddy, Joseph Bajjalieh, Michael Martin, and Andrea Gerald. 2026. Cline Center Coup d’État Project Dataset. Cline Center for Advanced Social Research. V.2.2.2. February 17. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. doi: 10.13012/B2IDB-9651987_V10
⚑ This citation establishes the coded baseline record; use the claim-level sources above for the researched narrative.

Baseline Source-Document Entries

New York Times

“ARGENTINE FORCE REVOLTS IN WEST: But Most of Army Is Said to Back Frondizi Regime ARGENTINE FORCE REVOLTS IN WEST,” Juan de Onis, June 13, 1960 “The Argentine Plot,” June 14, 1960

Boston Globe

“Rebellion Erupts in Argentina: Military Units Reported Aiding San Luis Uprising,” June 13, 1960

Los Angeles Times

“Army Unit Revolts in Argentina: Radio Station Seized; General Named President,” June 13, 1960

Chicago Daily Tribune

“TROOPS REBEL IN ARGENTINA; CAPTURE CITY: Name Gen. Giovannoni New President,” June 13, 1960

The Irish Times

“FRONDIZI QUELLS SIX- HOUR REVOLT: Will seek more economic aid for Argentina,” June 14, 1960

This is the citation trail carried by the baseline dataset, grouped by outlet and rejoined from the line-wrapped original. Coup Atlas has not independently re-checked every document; read the original before citing a specific claim. URLs the import damaged beyond safe repair are shown as plain text and listed in citations-report.md. How this list is built →

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