Argentine Ex Officer Convicted In Spain
'Dirty War' Trial First of Its Kind
MADRID, April 19 -- A Spanish court on Tuesday sentenced a former Argentine naval officer to 640 years in prison for crimes against humanity, convicting him of throwing political prisoners from airplanes during Argentina's so-called dirty war against dissidents.Adolfo Scilingo, 58, was tried for genocide in Spain's first such case under laws allowing the prosecution of crimes committed in another country. The three-judge High Court ruled that "crimes against humanity" was the correct legal term.
MADRID, April 19 -- A Spanish court on Tuesday sentenced a former Argentine naval officer to 640 years in prison for crimes against humanity, convicting him of throwing political prisoners from airplanes during Argentina's so-called dirty war against dissidents.Adolfo Scilingo, 58, was tried for genocide in Spain's first such case under laws allowing the prosecution of crimes committed in another country. The three-judge High Court ruled that "crimes against humanity" was the correct legal term.
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