Four men jailed for junta torture
A court has sentenced a former army general to life in prison and three ex-agents to 20 and 25 years for crimes against humanity in a notorious torture centre during Argentina's military dictatorship. Eduardo Cabanillas was convicted of illegal imprisonment, torture and homicide involving 65 people held at Automotores Orletti, a car body shop that served as an operations centre for Operation Condor. Condor was a co-ordinated effort by South America's dictatorships to eliminate dissidents who sought refuge in neighbouring countries. The crimes took place in 1976. Prosecutors says about 300 people passed through Automotores Orletti, including Uruguayans, Chileans, Bolivians and Cubans, most of whom were killed or disappeared.
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