Argentina: Trial Of Ex
Oppressors Begins
BUENOS AIRES - The most important trial in
Argentina after that of the members of the
Military Junta begins Friday in Cordoba,
with the cases of former oppressors Jorge
Rafael Videla and Luciano Benjamin Menendez.
Videla, Menendez, and 23 other defendants
must answer for the execution of 29
political prisoners held in San Martin
Penitentiary between April and October 1976.
The prisoners, who had been detained prior
to the March 24, 1976 coup for having
violated Anti-Subversion Law 20 840, were
executed by their oppressors, who claimed
they were plotting to escape from prison.
"The complicity with State terrorism will be
evident" in this new trial for crimes
against humanity, stated federal prosecutor
Carlos Gonela, who is heading the case along
with Maximiliano Hairabedian.
According to the Telam news agency, more
than 60 witnesses will testify in this
trial, requiring deliberations of no less
than four months. |
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