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Argentina: Ex-General During Dirty Wars Convicted of War Crimes

HeadlineAug 26, 2016

In Argentina, the former head of the army during Argentina’s dirty wars has been convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life in prison. Eighty-nine-year-old Luciano Benjamín Menéndez was found guilty of presiding over hundreds of disappearances and kidnappings, as well as multiple cases of murder and torture, at a secret military base in Córdoba between 1975 and 1979. The imprisoned ex-general is already serving multiple life sentences for other human rights abuses.

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