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August 26, 2016

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