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July 6, 2012

Former Argentine Junta Members Sentenced for Theft of Babies from Political Prisoners 
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Three top figures from Argentina's former ruling junta have been
sentenced to additional time behind bars for the deliberate theft of
babies from political prisoners. Former dictators Jorge Rafael Videla
and Reynaldo Bignone, as well as former navy officer Jorge Acosta, were
found guilty of a systematic plan to take the babies of dissidents and
adopt them into military families. All three are already serving jail
sentences for other abuses under their regimes. Estela De Carlotto of
the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo praised the sentences.

Estela De Carlotto: "This is justice. It has arrived. Remember that we
started in 1996 and, at that moment, we didn't know whether or not we
would ever arrive at this moment and see it in our lifetime. And I think
it's healing for all society to know that they are being judged,
condemned and they will continue to be judged and condemned until the
last crime that can be attributed to them."

It is believed the Argentine military dictatorship killed at least
30,000 Argentines during its rule from 1976 to 1983.

 

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