Adolf Eichmann was captured by Mossad operatives on the evening of May 11, 1960.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 10, 2026
Multiple sources, including AP and France24, state that Mossad agents seized Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires on the evening of May 11, 1960, as he returned home from work. The claim matches the post's wording, and the sources put the capture around 8 pm, consistent with 'evening'.
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… Eichmann wasn't really hiding, number one, and number two, such that he was. Under light cover, that was all over by the time Sassen sold his testimony to Life magazine, so. On the evening of May 11th, 1960. Eichmann. You know, he's on his way home from work, like any other night, and he gets grabbed by massad operatives. You know, thrown into a car, subdued with some kind of drug. You know, nine days later he's been flown to Israel. And thrown in a jail cell and available to interrogation for the next 11 months and. …
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Supports. AP reports that a seven-man Mossad team waited near the Buenos Aires bus station where Eichmann arrived each evening from work, and that agents seized him after he got off the bus on May 11, 1960.[1]
Supports. France24 reports that Eichmann was nabbed by Israeli spies on May 11, 1960, shortly after 8:05 pm as he got off the bus from his Mercedes-Benz job.[3]
Supports. Britannica and Wikipedia both date the abduction to May 11, 1960, with Wikipedia giving about eight o'clock in the evening on a Buenos Aires street.[4][5]
Supports. Reuters states that Eichmann was captured by Mossad in Argentina in 1960, consistent with the claimed date, though it gives no specific day or time.[2]
Context. The post's further details, such as being flown to Israel nine days later and being drugged, are also reported by several sources, though they are peripheral to the claim's core assertion.[1][3][6]
Sources
6 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 4 not rated
- 1Israel's Mossad spy agency shrouded in mystery and mystiqueapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2Israel letter shows Eichmann sought clemency as 'mere instrument' of Nazisreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3The Mossad mission to capture architect of Holocaust - France 24france24.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 4Today in History May 11 | 1960, Adolf Eichmann, Argentina ...britannica.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Adolf Eichmann's capture - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Capture and abduction of Adolf Eichmann 63 years ago on 11 and ...auschwitz.info · not rated · cited for: context
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