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Key Witness in Etchecolatz Case Disappears
September 25, 2006
A key witness in the trial against Miguel Osvaldo Etchecolatz disappeared shortly after delivering crucial testimony that helped lead to the former police officer’s conviction. Jorge Luis Lopez—a 77-year-old survivor of Argentina’s brutal ‘dirty war’ era—went missing September 19th, just hours before Etchecolatz was formally sentenced to life in prison. The trial was the first of its kind since June 2005, when the Argentine Supreme Court overturned a pair of amnesty laws that had blocked prosecution of key figures in the nation’s military junta, which ruled from 1976 to 1983. Many fear that this disappearance is meant to send a foreboding message to potential witnesses in forthcoming trials.
International Center for Transitional Justice, www.ictj.org
posted by Juan @ 3:55 PM
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