Why did so many Nazis choose to escape to Argentina, and how did they manage to escape over the Atlantic undetected?

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Why did so many Nazis choose to escape to Argentina, and how did they manage to escape over the Atlantic undetected?

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The short answer is that Argentina tried. The reason they tried was because they had ethnic germans in their borders as well as historic diplomatic ties to the country germany regardless of who was in power. The way in which they tried is that they used diplomatic ties in Spain and Italy to help Nazi officers escape Europe under assumed identities. Some of those that got out settled in other countries, but Argentina undertook a massive effort to transport and conceal officers of the german reich

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