Re: Argentina Shows America How To Deal With Argentinianskis

On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:57:48 -0300, Curly Surmudgeon
<CurlySurmudgeon_at_@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


About a dozen have now been thrown in prison for life for torture,
kidnapping and murder. Some have 18 year sentences but at their age that
equates to life.

Former Argentine army chief sentenced to life in 'dirty war' trial
The Associated Press Published: July 25, 2008

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina: A court sentenced one of Argentina's most feared
former military leaders to life in prison on Thursday for the 1977
kidnapping, torture and killing of four leftist activists.

Luciano Benjamin Menendez, 81, was commander of the regional Third Army
Corps in Cordoba for five years during Argentina's 1976-83 military
dictatorship and controlled one of the regime's most notorious torture
centers.

Hours before the sentencing, an unrepentant Menendez read a statement in
front of television cameras in the courtroom saying the regime's
repression had been justified in the face of a leftist militant threat.

"We had to take appropriate measures," he said, enraging activists one of
whom screamed "genocide" and had to be removed from the courtroom.

Menendez, who was already under house arrest for previous "dirty war"
convictions, will be transferred to a prison following Thursday's
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Hundreds of people gathered outside the courtroom ? many holding
placards and pictures of the alleged victims ? erupted into cheers upon
hearing the verdict, which was read on local television stations.

The verdict was considered important both because of Menendez's gruesome
reputation and because he was ordered to serve the rest of his sentence in
prison.

Many convicted former military officers are serving their sentences under
house arrest, as allowed by an Argentine law that applies to those over 70
years old or of poor health. A court can choose to send them to prison
anyway, however, as was the case with Menendez.

Six other former military officers and one civilian were also convicted
Thursday in connection with the killings of the activists and given
sentences ranging from life in prison to 18 years. The trial lasted less
than two months.

The four victims, Hilda Palacios, Humberto Brandalisis, Carlos Lajas and
Raul Cardozo, were kidnapped in 1977. They were members of the
Revolutionary Workers Party.

According to prosecutors, the four were taken to the prison and torture
center known as La Perla, which was run by the Third Army Corps, and
killed within a month. Their bodies were then dropped in the street to
make it seem as if they had been killed in a shootout, before being picked
up by authorities.

Palacios' body was found in 2004 in a local cemetery. The bodies of the
others have not been found.

Menendez's is the latest conviction of a "dirty war" suspect. Seven
ex-military officers and a former police official were convicted of human
rights abuses in December. Also, a top ex-navy chief was charged earlier
this month in the 1977 kidnapping and murder of a prominent journalist.

President Cristina Fernandez has made advancing human rights trials a
priority since taking office. In 2005, the Supreme Court struck down
amnesty laws from the 1980s that had protected suspects from the
dictatorship.

About 13,000 people were killed during the dictatorship, according to
official numbers, but human rights groups claim the number is closer to
30,000.


http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/25/america/LA-Argentina-Dirty-War.php


Those were all Argentinianski crimes performed by Argentinianskis. It
has nothing to do with Bush. Had he done something wrong, he would
have been impeached by now. Argentina is a shithole, your post is all
the cite that anyone needs.
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