Argentine federal court orders arrest of former president
The federal court of Argentina on Tuesday issued a second arrest warrant for former President Isabel Peron, who is charged with involvement with a right-wing paramilitary group's human rights abuses during her 1974-1976 tenure.

Judge Norberto Oyarbide ordered the arrest in a probe into kidnappings and killings committed by the Argentine Anti-Communist Alliance, a right-wing paramilitary group linked to as many as 1,500 murders between 1973 and 1975.

Last Thursday, an Argentine judge issued an international arrest warrant for the 75-year-old former leader, who has been living in Spain for 25 years, on charges of the murder of a political activist during her rule.

However, the Spanish National Police released her on bail on Friday, shortly after her arrest.

Judge Juan del Olmo said that there was little risk that the old lady would flee the country, but ordered her to come back to court within 15 days or face house arrest.

Isabel Peron, whose formal name is Maria Estela Martinez de Peron, became president in 1974 after the death of her husband, Juan Domingo Peron, and was ousted in 1976 in a military coup.