Tag: Argentina Military Junta

• Tuesday, November 9th 2010 - 17:21 UTC

  Argentine military Junta leader and “dirty war” brains dies in hospital

  

  Argentine coup leader Emilio Eduardo Massera, 85, died Monday after suffering for years from a heart condition and dementia that left him too ill to be tried for crimes against humanity.

• Wednesday, May 5th 2010 - 06:00 UTC

  Argentine Dictatorship Former Economy Minister Arrested Accused of Kidnapping

  

  Former economy minister José Martínez de Hoz, the economic brains behind the 1976-1983 military dictatorship, has been arrested and transferred to a clinic after an amnesty law was lifted, a court official has said.

• Wednesday, April 21st 2010 - 03:24 UTC

  Argentine military Junta president sentenced to 25 years in prison

  

  Retired General Reynaldo Bignone, 82, the last leader of Argentina’s 1976-1983 military regime was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years in prison for crimes against humanity.