Ex-Argentine dictator to stand trial for baby theft
Henk Ruyssenaars + Reuters | 25.04.2007 15:35 | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | Terror War | World
All compliant and collaborating propaganda parrots in the media in Holland have been told to be silent about the fact that courts in Argentina have decided to go on investigating the 1976-1983 military 'dirty war' regime when Jorge Zorreguieta - the father of the fututure 'queen' of Holland - was a minister. He knew about the illegal jailing, torture and killings. And he knew about the stolen babies.
Intro by HR - Former South America correspondent
ARGENTINEAN COURTS CHECK RAPES AND STOLEN BABIES - Jorge Zorreguieta, the father of the future 'queen' of The Netherlands really is in trouble and awaiting his turn in court as a ''dirty war criminal''. During the 1976-1983 military Videla regime, Zorreguieta was a minister. Last year also Zorreguieta's so called 'immunity' was lifted, and the criminal charges against him are in place. Behind the scenes and internationally there's a huge power game going on with president Kirchner of Argentine in the middle.
Democratically elected President Kirchner is defending the country, the law and himself, trying to escape from the strangling grip of the international group which Zorreguieta is part of: the plague represented by the US/UK junta pestering humanity. This group is responsible for the worst genocides and other atrocities ever to happen to mankind.
According to witness testimony and reports, women prisoners were "interrogated", than raped, tortured and/or killed while babies born in secret jails were stolen by military officers. The military henchmen often threw the young parents alive out of helicopters above the open sea. But from a 100 meters up the water is as hard as concrete. And the rest you certainly can imagine..." - HR
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EX-ARGENTINE DICTATOR TO STAND TRIAL FOR BABY THEFT
BUENOS AIRES - April 23, 2007 - (Reuters) - The last de facto president of Argentina's 1976-83 military dictatorship must stand trial on charges he kidnapped children born to parents killed during the country's "Dirty War," a judge ruled on Monday.
The ruling against Reynaldo Bignone marks the first time a member of Argentina's military junta will be tried publicly since military rulers were put on trial in 1985 on charges of human rights abuses.
Bignone and six other high-ranking officers will face prosecution in a case investigating allegations that some children of slain dissidents were handed over to members of the military, federal judge Guillermo Montenegro ruled.
The charges include "taking, retaining and hiding minors and changing their identities," according to the ruling. No formal court date was set.
A government report says 11,000 people either died or disappeared during the military's seven-year crackdown on leftist dissent.
HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS SAY THE NUMBER IS CLOSER TO 30,000.
A former army general, Bignone was the last of four de facto presidents and took power in mid-1982 after Argentina's defeat in the Falklands Islands war.
Among the other officers to face trial are former army chief Cristino Nicolaides, former navy chief Ruben Franco and Jorge Acosta, a former marine.
Following Argentina's dictatorship, many military officers were tried on charges of abduction, torture and execution of suspected opponents of the regime.
THEY WERE IMPRISONED IN 1985 AND LATER PARDONED IN 1990 BY THEN-PRESIDENT CARLOS MENEM.
In 2005, Argentina's Supreme Court repealed two amnesty laws shielding military officers from prosecution, clearing the way for hundreds to be tried.
Bignone has been held under house arrest in connection with the probe since March. Many of the junta's other top leaders, among them Gen. Jorge Videla and Adm. Emilio Massera, are also under house arrest facing similar charges.
The human rights group Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo says it has traced some 90 children of missing political prisoners and reunited them with their biological families.
LAST YEAR, BIGNONE TOLD A LOCAL RADIO STATION THE BABY KIDNAPPING CHARGES ARE "AN INVENTION."
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ARGENTINEAN COURTS CHECK RAPES AND STOLEN BABIES - Jorge Zorreguieta, the father of the future 'queen' of The Netherlands really is in trouble and awaiting his turn in court as a ''dirty war criminal''. During the 1976-1983 military Videla regime, Zorreguieta was a minister. Last year also Zorreguieta's so called 'immunity' was lifted, and the criminal charges against him are in place. Behind the scenes and internationally there's a huge power game going on with president Kirchner of Argentine in the middle.
Democratically elected President Kirchner is defending the country, the law and himself, trying to escape from the strangling grip of the international group which Zorreguieta is part of: the plague represented by the US/UK junta pestering humanity. This group is responsible for the worst genocides and other atrocities ever to happen to mankind.
According to witness testimony and reports, women prisoners were "interrogated", than raped, tortured and/or killed while babies born in secret jails were stolen by military officers. The military henchmen often threw the young parents alive out of helicopters above the open sea. But from a 100 meters up the water is as hard as concrete. And the rest you certainly can imagine..." - HR
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EX-ARGENTINE DICTATOR TO STAND TRIAL FOR BABY THEFT
BUENOS AIRES - April 23, 2007 - (Reuters) - The last de facto president of Argentina's 1976-83 military dictatorship must stand trial on charges he kidnapped children born to parents killed during the country's "Dirty War," a judge ruled on Monday.
The ruling against Reynaldo Bignone marks the first time a member of Argentina's military junta will be tried publicly since military rulers were put on trial in 1985 on charges of human rights abuses.
Bignone and six other high-ranking officers will face prosecution in a case investigating allegations that some children of slain dissidents were handed over to members of the military, federal judge Guillermo Montenegro ruled.
The charges include "taking, retaining and hiding minors and changing their identities," according to the ruling. No formal court date was set.
A government report says 11,000 people either died or disappeared during the military's seven-year crackdown on leftist dissent.
HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS SAY THE NUMBER IS CLOSER TO 30,000.
A former army general, Bignone was the last of four de facto presidents and took power in mid-1982 after Argentina's defeat in the Falklands Islands war.
Among the other officers to face trial are former army chief Cristino Nicolaides, former navy chief Ruben Franco and Jorge Acosta, a former marine.
Following Argentina's dictatorship, many military officers were tried on charges of abduction, torture and execution of suspected opponents of the regime.
THEY WERE IMPRISONED IN 1985 AND LATER PARDONED IN 1990 BY THEN-PRESIDENT CARLOS MENEM.
In 2005, Argentina's Supreme Court repealed two amnesty laws shielding military officers from prosecution, clearing the way for hundreds to be tried.
Bignone has been held under house arrest in connection with the probe since March. Many of the junta's other top leaders, among them Gen. Jorge Videla and Adm. Emilio Massera, are also under house arrest facing similar charges.
The human rights group Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo says it has traced some 90 children of missing political prisoners and reunited them with their biological families.
LAST YEAR, BIGNONE TOLD A LOCAL RADIO STATION THE BABY KIDNAPPING CHARGES ARE "AN INVENTION."
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