School of the Americas

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School of the Americas Full Name: Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation Alias: School of the Americas (Old name and the one commonly used by people), SOA, WHINSEC, Assassins School Origin: USA (Current school) Panama Canal Zone (Old school) Foundation: 1946 Goals: Eliminate any hint of communism in North, Central and South America (Successful) Crimes: War crimes Crimes against humanity Mass murder Ethnic cleansing Torture Kidnapping Propaganda Terrorism Type of Villain: Evil Organization, Evil Location

The Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, formerly called the School of the Americas, is an Institute of the United States Department of Defense, currently located in Columbus, Georgia, USA, and previously in the Panama Canal Zone.

The school is widely criticized (especially in Latin American countries) for its teaching in tactics such as torture, execution, extortion, and other tactics considered violations of human rights.

In addition, the school is widely known for the fact that many of its graduates are dictators, war criminals or drug traffickers.

Graduates of the school:

• Arturo Guzmán Decena
• Domingo Monterrosa
• Efraín Ríos Montt
• Franck Romain
• Guillermo Rodríguez Lara
• Gustavo González López
• Hector Gramajo
• Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano
• Hernán José Guzmán Rodríguez
• Hugo Banzer
• Jorge Rafael Videla
• Juan Velasco Alvarado
• Leopoldo Galtieri
• Luis Alonso Discua Elvir
• Luis Arce Gómez
• Luis Bernardo Urbina Sánchez
• Manuel Contreras
• Manuel Noriega
• Miguel Krassnoff
• Omar Torrijos
• Raúl Iturriaga
• Roberto D'Aubuisson
• Roberto Eduardo Viola
• Vladimir Padrino López
• Vladimiro Montesinos

Trivia

• Some members of the zetas graduated here.