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- Former naval officer Alfredo Astiz was convicted of kidnapping, torture and murder in a mass trial of defendants linked to a secret torture center during the country's 1976-1983 military dictatorship.
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Nov 30, 2017 · Alfredo Astiz, known as the "Angel of Death," and Jorge Eduardo Acosta, aka "The Tiger," were given life sentences in the largest and longest trial of its kind in Argentina's history. It...
Aug 16, 2018 · The Dirty War was a period of state terrorism in Argentina from 1976 until 1983.Victims of the violence included several thousand left-wing activists and militants, including trade unionists, students, journalists, Marxists, Peronist guerrillas and alleged sympathizers. Some 10,000 of the disappeared were guerrillas of the Montoneros (MPM), and ...
Jul 2, 2022 · He had been the only former Argentine military officer accused of taking part in what is known as the Trelew Massacre who had not faced justice. Three other officers were convicted in Argentina and given life sentences.
Nov 29, 2022 · by Bipin Dimri November 29, 2022. 0. From 1974 to 1983, Argentina practiced state-sponsored terrorism against its own people. The civic-military dictatorship of Argentina, also known as the military junta, attacked political opponents at home and abroad in what was known as the “Dirty War.”
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Nov 29, 2017 · BUENOS AIRES — Judges overseeing Argentina’s most high-profile human rights trial sentenced 29 former officials to life in prison on Wednesday, in a case that documented the former military...
Aug 29, 2008 · Aug. 29, 2008 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. BUENOS AIRES — A pair of octogenarian ex-generals who served during Argentina’s “dirty war” against internal dissent were sentenced to life in prison...
6 July 2022. Reuters. General Santiago Riveros, who is 98 years old, was sentenced to life in jail. A court in Argentina has sentenced 19 former military officers to long prison terms for...
