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July 25th, 2008
Posted: 12:19 AM ET

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (CNN) — A former army commander in Argentina was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for his role in the kidnapping, torture and death of four activists in 1977.

Luciano Benjamin Menendez led a major branch of the Argentine military during a “dirty war” that led to the torture and death of thousands of people in secret detention centers.

A junta that ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983 launched the “dirty war” against dissidents and subversives. Its agents kidnapped and killed up to 30,000 people — leftist activists as well as innocent civilians — who came to be known as “The Disappeared.”


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