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March 13, 2013

Former Argentine Dictator Sentenced for Campo de Mayo Abuses 
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Argentina's last dictator, Reynaldo Bignone, has been given a new life
sentence over the kidnappings and disappearances of political opponents
and the deliberate theft of babies from political prisoners. Bignone and
two other defendants were convicted on Tuesday for crimes at the Campo
de Mayo, a military base used by the dictatorship during its rule from
1976 to 1983. The three are already serving jail sentences for other
abuses under their military regime. Bignone is currently being tried in
another case focusing on Operation Condor, a coordinated effort by Latin
American military rulers to target their political opponents in the
1970s and 1980s.

 

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