THE CASE
In March 1994, Omar Carrasco, a 19-year-old conscript, disappeared days after beginning compulsory military service at a base in Zapala, Neuquén. His body was found on the base weeks later.
The army’s attempt to conceal what happened collapsed under public pressure. Later that year, compulsory military service in Argentina — the colimba — was brought to an end.
IN CONTEXT
CultureThe colimba — a rite of passage, and the violence inside it.
MediaA provincial death the whole country was made to see.
PowerAn institution closing ranks to protect itself.
The systemThe single death that ended conscription.
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