Hands of Perón Hands of Perón The cutting of the Hands of Perón refers to a 1987 incident where the tomb of Juan Perón, former President of Argentina, was broken into and his hands dismembered and removed by persons unknown. Perón died in July 1974. His casket remained in the "Quinta de Olivos" presidential residence until the March 1976 coup. The coffin was then placed in the Perón family tomb in Chacarita Cemetery, located in the Chacarita ward of the city of Buenos Aires. In July 1987, 13 years after his death, the Peronist Justicialist Party received an anonymous letter claiming Perón's hands
Manos: The Hands of Fate jokes, using a cleaner print of the original "Manos", allowing them to joke about things not obvious in the original television episode. The "MST3K" episode featuring the film was released on DVD on its own in 2001, and in the "Mystery Science Theater 3000 Essentials" collection in 2004. A DVD of the original version of "Manos" has also been made available through Alpha Video, which also released original versions of other "MST-ed" films such as "Teenagers from Outer Space" and "Eegah". In attempting to explain the film's appeal, the "Los Angeles Times" hypothesized, "After screening "Manos" for probably the 10th