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Kidnap witness testifies in Argentinian army henchman trial in Rome
Source: The Guardian
Kidnap witness testifies in Argentinian army henchman trial in Rome
Carlos Luis Malatto accused of murders and forced disappearances during Videla dictatorship
Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo
@lorenzo_tondo
Thu 28 Nov 2019 16.20 GMT
Last modified on Thu 28 Nov 2019 16.47 GMT
A key witness has testified in the Italian trial of a former Argentinian army officer accused of murders and forced disappearances during Argentina’s 1976-83 military dictatorship.
Alberto Rivas, 69, flew from Buenos Aires to Rome to give evidence about dozens of kidnappings and incidents of torture and at least two murders allegedly ordered by the former Lt Col Carlos Luis Malatto, who is wanted by the Argentinian authorities and stands accused of five counts of crimes against humanity.
Since he fled Argentina in 2011, Malatto has been living as a free man in Italy. In 2014 Italy refused Argentina’s request to extradite him, but the following year the justice ministry approved his trial in Rome for the murders of Juan Carlos Cámpora, the rector of the University of San Juan; Angel José Alberto Carvajal, a communist party official; Jorge Bonil, a soldier; and Marie Anne Erize, a French-Argentinian model. Malatto maintains his innocence.
Erize was an activist and adherent to the Peronist movement, Monteneros, which opposed the military dictatorship of Jorge Videla. She was kidnapped on 15 October 1976 by three men in front of a bicycle shop and there has been no trace of her since.
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Carlos Luis Malatto accused of murders and forced disappearances during Videla dictatorship
Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo
@lorenzo_tondo
Thu 28 Nov 2019 16.20 GMT
Last modified on Thu 28 Nov 2019 16.47 GMT
A key witness has testified in the Italian trial of a former Argentinian army officer accused of murders and forced disappearances during Argentina’s 1976-83 military dictatorship.
Alberto Rivas, 69, flew from Buenos Aires to Rome to give evidence about dozens of kidnappings and incidents of torture and at least two murders allegedly ordered by the former Lt Col Carlos Luis Malatto, who is wanted by the Argentinian authorities and stands accused of five counts of crimes against humanity.
Since he fled Argentina in 2011, Malatto has been living as a free man in Italy. In 2014 Italy refused Argentina’s request to extradite him, but the following year the justice ministry approved his trial in Rome for the murders of Juan Carlos Cámpora, the rector of the University of San Juan; Angel José Alberto Carvajal, a communist party official; Jorge Bonil, a soldier; and Marie Anne Erize, a French-Argentinian model. Malatto maintains his innocence.
Erize was an activist and adherent to the Peronist movement, Monteneros, which opposed the military dictatorship of Jorge Videla. She was kidnapped on 15 October 1976 by three men in front of a bicycle shop and there has been no trace of her since.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/28/argentina-carlos-luis-malatto-kidnap-witness-alberto-rivas-testifies-in-army-henchman-trial-in-rome
