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March 1, 2018

Argentina: Former General Who Tortured and Murdered Activists Dies
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In Argentina, convicted mass murderer Luciano Benjamín Menéndez has died
in prison at the age of 90. Menéndez was a senior military commander
nicknamed "The Hyena" during the U.S.-backed Argentine dictatorship of
the 1970s and '80s. In 2010, Menéndez was sentenced to 13 terms of life
in prison for crimes including torture and murder at secret detention
camps. Menéndez died without ever confessing what he did with the bodies
of thousands of activists who were "disappeared" during the
dictatorship.


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