Aginter Press was founded in Lisbon, Portugal in 1966 by Captain Yves Guerin-Serac as an international anti communist organization operating under the disguise of a press agency. Behind that cover it trained members in bombings, assassinations and other covert and paramilitary techniques on behalf of right wing authoritarian causes, and it has been linked to a number of high profile assassinations and to the 1969 Piazza Fontana bombing in Italy.
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Company Type Company Type Company Type Founded Year Chronology
Dissolved Year Company Type
Company Type (category) In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Lisbon, located there.
Sources
1. Wikidata: Aginter Press
WikidataWikidata item description
international anti-communist mercenary organization disguised as a pseudo-press agency (1966 - 1974)
Wikidata statement: inception (P571)
inception: 1966
Wikidata statement: dissolved, abolished or demolished date (P576)
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1974
Wikidata statement: instance of (P31), value 2
instance of: front organization
Wikidata statement: instance of (P31), value 3
instance of: news agency
Wikidata statement: instance of (P31), value 1
instance of: mercenary organization
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