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Argentine ‘Dirty War’ Murderer Gets Life

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Posted on Jul 25, 2008
Douche With Knife: Luciano Menendez
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Luciano Menendez, armed with a knife, is restrained as he lunges at a group of unarmed protesters outside a television station in Argentina in 1984.

Former Argentine army officer and current scumbag Luciano Benjamin Menendez finally got what should have happened to him 30 years ago: a life sentence in jail for the kidnap, torture and murder of anti-dictatorship activists in 1977.

The decision comes after more than 30 years of continuing protest by human rights groups over the impunity given to torturers in Argentina.


The Guardian:

An Argentine ex-army officer has been sentenced to life in prison for the 1977 kidnapping, torture and murder of four leftwing activists.

Luciano Benjamin Menendez, 80, was found guilty along with seven others of crimes committed during the military dictatorship’s “Dirty War” on its opposition.

The victims were dumped in the street to make it look like they died in a shoot-out, the prosecution said.

Hundreds more watched on a giant screen outside the courthouse as Menendez, one of Argentina’s most feared army officers during military rule between 1976 and 1983, sat impassively as he heard his fate.

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By Theresa Caldwell, July 26 at 9:33 am #
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Bush and Cheney won’t live another 30 years, but Abu Gonzales and John Yoo probably will. What went down might (finally) come around.

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By yours truly, July 26 at 8:29 am #
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Britain’s Defeat Of Argentina In The Falkland Islands War Brought About War Criminal’s Conviction

“What’s this got to do with putting our own war criminals and mass-murderers on trial?”

“Just that there’s nothing like a military defeat for discrediting a fascist military regime.”

“Such as?”

“The government of the U.S. of A.”

“After which?”

“Former President George W. Bush goes on trial at the International Court of Criminal Justice.”

“And the outcome?”

“Members of the Jury, on the charge of crimes against humanity, have you arrived at a verdict?”

“Guilty as charged, your honor.”

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By diamond, July 25 at 1:39 pm #

Was he trained at that fine, fascist institution the School of the Americas. Your tax dollars at work again. You need to abolish the CIA. They set it up with recruited Nazis after world war II and these people corrupted the whole organization. It’s now beyond redemption. If this psychopath can be arrested, when will they come for Henry Kissinger and put him on trial for his crimes against the people of Chile?

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By Sog Tulakk, July 25 at 12:53 pm #
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Please, somebody ask the question,

Where did this criminal torturing scumbag got his training?

Hint…

Where else torture has become fashionable now that it has been field tested and proven in the Southern hemisphere?

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