Argentina’s government has announced the full declassification of all state-held files on Nazi fugitives who sought refuge in the country following World War II. The decision, confirmed by Cabinet Chief Guillermo Francos, comes under the direct orders of President Javier Milei, signaling a long-overdue reckoning with one of Argentina’s darkest chapters. “These are historical records that must be available to the public,” Francos declared, confirming that the archives will include classified government records, banking transactions, and Defense Ministry documents. The move will finally shed light on how some of history’s most notorious Nazi war criminals evaded justice and lived comfortably in Argentina for decades, protected by political alliances and secret networks. The declassification order follows a February 17 meeting between Milei and U.S. Senator Steve Daines, a close ally of President Donald Trump, who has long advocated for the release of these documents. It also comes just a day after the government announced it would declassify files on Argentina’s military dictatorship (1976-1983), a move that signals Milei’s push for radical transparency on historical atrocities. Argentina has long been infamous as a sanctuary for high-ranking Nazi officials, many of whom arrived under the Perón government in the late 1940s, using escape routes known as “ratlines.” Among the most infamous fugitives was Adolf Eichmann, a key architect of the Holocaust, who lived under a false identity in Buenos Aires until his daring capture by Mossad in 1960. Josef Mengele, the “Angel of Death” of Auschwitz, also hid in Argentina for nearly a decade before escaping to Paraguay and Brazil, where he died in 1979. Erich Priebke, the SS commander behind the Fosse Ardeatine massacre in Italy, lived undisturbed in Bariloche until his discovery and extradition in the 1990s. For decades, Argentina’s complicity in sheltering war criminals was an open secret, yet much of the truth remained buried in government archives. Now, the long-hidden records will finally be revealed, providing answers, accountability, and potentially justice—albeit decades late—for those who protected these monsters. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)