Argentina · Vélez Sársfield
Olimpo
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How to send mail, money, and visit Olimpo
Step-by-step guidance using the Argentina system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.
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Background
El Olimpo was a clandestine detention center in Buenos Aires and used during the Dirty War in Argentina. Although it operated for only five months, from August 1978 to January 1979, about 700 people were illegally detained there, of whom only 50 survived. Jorge Fontevecchia, founder of the newspaper Editorial Perfil, was detained there.
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
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Region
Vélez Sársfield
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
Data completeness
16%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q1447363)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Olimpo. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/olimpo
"Olimpo." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/olimpo.
@misc{worldprisons-olimpo,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Olimpo},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/olimpo},
urldate = {2026-10-20}
}