Thursday, November 29, 2012

Buenos Aires begins largest trial of crimes against humanity in Argentina

A court in Argentina has begun a large trial of the so-called Dirty War crimes that were committed during the country’s 1976-1983 military dictatorship. - The trial of 68 former officials, who are facing some 800 charges of kidnap, torture and murder associated with an elite naval college, began on Wednesday in the capital Buenos Aires, AFP reported. During the seven-year junta period, almost 5,000 people were sent to the infamous Naval School of Mechanics (ESMA), which served as a secret detention camp in Buenos Aires. Only a fraction survived the camp’s horrors, and most of the bodies of those who perished have never been recovered. Other victims were sedated, put on airplanes and tossed into the Atlantic Ocean.
[ed notes:click link for whole article...its good that these trials are taking place,but there needs to be focus and demands to prosecute these monsters main backers wich were of course the U.S. govt!!! see... Kissinger and Argentina: a case study in US support for state terror  On 30th Anniversary of Argentine Coup: New Declassified Details ...  also see... Brazil: How the USA backed the dictatorship · Global Voices unfortunatly none of these trials and commissions investigating these crimes are seeking to put washingtons war criminals who were responsible for operation condor to begin with on trial,wich should be the real aim!

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