Quarta-feira, 11 de maio de 1960: 19:40h
Autor: Peppe Lobo | Publicado: 2010-05-09T17:52:00-03:00

Eichmann dressed in an Argentine styled  "Poncho"Harel was now  setting the wheels in motion to capture Eichmann, he had appointed a  senior intelligence officer Rafi Eitan, to lead the task force. At the  end of April Aharoni and four other Mossad agents arrived in Argentina.  Over the next fortnight more Mossad agents arrived, including a doctor, a  forger and a technician who was an expert in safe houses, constructing  cells etc.  Harel flew to Argentina at the beginning of May 1960, after  seeing David Ben Gurion, for a final briefing, to head this historic  mission, which was fraught with danger. Initially the  task force maintained surveillance of Eichmann’s family home, and  established the daily pattern of Eichmann’s movements. They were able to  establish that the bus dropped him off at 7.40pm, every workday  evening. Eichmann left the bus every day in the dark, and made his way  to his house on Garibaldi Street, along a deserted street. On Wednesday 11  May 1960 the task force took up their positions around Eichmann’s house,  two cars were waiting, one in Garibaldi Street itself, whilst another  was parked nearby, partly concealed by a railway bridge. The car in  Garibaldi Street contained the members of the “snatch squad,” Ahahoni  was at the wheel, with him were Rafi Eitan, Zeev Keren and Peter Malkin. Eichmann stands  alone in the Prison yard during his trialThe bus was late  that day, at around 8pm it arrived and Eichmann stepped off the bus,  unaware of what was to follow, and that his long period as a fugitive  from justice was about to end.  Keren simulated a  break down and raised the bonnet of the car, as Eichmann approached,  Malkin pounced on him and in the struggle that followed the pair the  pair fell over and toppled into a ditch by the side of the road.  Eichmann screamed like a wounded animal, struggling violently, but he  was overpowered as the snatch team re-grouped to bundle him into the  car. Eichmann was pushed onto the floor at the rear of the car, and  bound and  motorcycle goggles covered with tape were placed over his  eyes. The car drove off at speed, Eichmann was covered with a blanket,  and Eichmann was warned not to resist further, and he replied, “I have  already accepted my fate.”   Eichmann was driven to a safe house,  examined by a doctor, just in case Eichmann had poison, dressed in  pyjamas and the initial interrogations commenced. After some hesitation  and lies Eichmann confirmed his true identity, and after a few days  Eichmann agreed to stand trial in Israel, after first stating he would  only stand trial in Argentina or Germany.  The remains of  Eichmann's home at 14 Garibaldi St.On the 20 May  1960 Eichmann was drugged by the doctor and driven to the Ezeiza Airport  supported by two Mossad agents, the plan was to switch Eichmann with a  steward on the El-Al flight that had arrived the day before bringing the  Israeli representatives to the Argentinean independence celebrations. The car was  waived through security, the Mossad agents wearing flight crew uniform  aroused no suspicions, Eichmann was half-carried onto the aircraft, and  strapped into a seat.  The aircraft a four-engineered  Bristol Britannia took off just before midnight on the 20 May 1960.  Following a stop at Dakar for re-fuelling and at 7.35am on the 22 May  1960, Adolf Eichmann set foot on Israeli soil, to face justice.http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/trials/eichmanntrialcapture.html