Tag: Military tortures

• Wednesday, November 10th 2021 - 09:16 UTC

  Chilean court upholds convictions against DINA torturers

  

  Former operatives of Chile's National Intelligence Directorate (DINA) have been convicted earlier this week for crimes against humanity committed during Augusto Pinochet's military regime (1973-1990).

• Monday, May 6th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Eighteen Argentine military officers face torture charges from the Malvinas war

  

  Next June/July eighteen former Argentine officers will be facing formal torture charges, allegedly committed against conscripts during the Falklands conflict 37 years ago, and twelve years since the beginning of the official investigation by the Tierra del Fuego federal court.

• Tuesday, April 2nd 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Uruguayan president caught on the wrong foot forced to sack six generals and minister of Defense

  

  Uruguay’s president has been involved in an embarrassing incident which forced him on Monday to remove the commander in chief of the army, the Defense Chief of Staff and four other generals for allegedly covering up that a retired member of the military committed a crime during the 1973-1985 dictatorship.