Dirty war verdict: Life in prison for Argentine ex-general
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – A retired Argentine general has received another life sentence for killings, kidnappings and torture committed during the country’s crackdown on leftists decades ago.
Eighty-nine-year-old Luciano Benjamin Menendez is already serving several other life sentences for human rights violations.
Thursday’s verdict is for 282 disappearances, 52 homicides, 260 kidnappings and multiple cases of torture at a clandestine military base in the central Argentine city of Cordoba
The repression of suspected leftists began under elected President Maria Estela Martinez de Peron and continued during the 1976-1983 military dictatorship.
Former Army Capts. Hector Pedro Vergez and Ernesto Barreiro also were sentenced to life. They directly oversaw the La Perla-La Ribera torture centre. It’s believed to be the largest such centre outside the capital.
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