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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-16-11 10:30 PM
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Argentina Dirty War officers jailed for mass killing
16 May 2011 Last updated at 21:37 ET
Argentina Dirty War officers jailed for mass killing

A court in northern Argentina has sentenced eight former army officers to life imprisonment for killing unarmed civilians during the military rule, known as the Dirty War.

Twenty-two people, mostly members of the Montoneros left-wing rebel group, were tortured and killed on 13 December 1976 after surrendering to the army.

The group included several women who were raped.

The massacre is named after the town of Margarita Belen where it happened.

The killings are among the most prominent cases of human rights abuses during the Dirty War era in which some 30,000 civilians were kidnapped, tortured or killed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-13420668

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