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Durante los años 1975 y 1976, los militares ocupan el territorio de la provincia de Tucumán y desatan una gran represión como prueba piloto para luego dar el golpe de estado. Un campesino militante del ERP, que vivía humildemente con su esposa y seis hijos, es secuestrado y su cuerpo es arrojado desde un helicóptero en Pozo Hondo, un pueblo situado entre Tucumán y Santiago del Estero. La población lo entierra y lo transforma en un santo milagroso. En 2010 se descubre que ese cuerpo pertenece a Tomás Francisco Toconás, y las tremendas consecuencias del terrorismo de estado salen a la luz para reconstruir la verdad detrás de la historia de un mito.

During the years 1975 and 1976, the military occupied the territory of the province of Tucumán and unleashed a great repression as a pilot test to later launch the coup. A peasant militant of the ERP, who lived humbly with his wife and six of his children, is kidnapped and his body is thrown from a helicopter in Pozo Hondo, a town located between Tucumán and Santiago del Estero. The population buries him and transforms him into a miraculous saint. In 2010 it is discovered that this body belongs to Tomás Francisco Toconás, and the tremendous consequences of state terrorism come to light to reconstruct the truth behind the story of a myth.

Get ready to witness the 20th Century's most damaging and outrageous assassination attempts, first-hand. From the assassination of John F. Kennedy to the gunning down of Mahatma Gandhi, the tragic shooting of John Lennon to the brutal bombing of one of Hitler's henchmen, this series brings you as close to the killers as the cameramen themselves - which sometimes means just a few feet. Using rare archive footage and reconstructions, each episode focuses on a different story, from attacks on royalty, politicians and guerrilla leaders to media personalities who all, for one reason or another, stepped in the way of an assassin determined to bring their lives to an end. Many of their motives have remained shrouded in mystery. Until now...

A group of Serbian nationalists were determined to kill the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. Two of the assassins had bombs and one, a student named Gavril Princep, had a pistol. When the bombs failed, the Archduke’s car took another route and almost stopped outside the café where Princep was sitting. Within seconds, the Archduke and his wife were mortally wounded. The events of that day on Sunday 28 June led to the outbreak of World War I. This film explains the political context in the Balkans and in Europe.