Argentina wants Brazil to extradite former Uruguayan colonel

[Judi Lynn]

Source: International Herald Tribune/Associated Press

Argentina wants Brazil to extradite former Uruguayan colonel
The Associated Press
Published April 12, 2007

BRASILIA, Brazil: Argentina has asked Brazil to extradite a former Uruguayan colonel accused of torturing political prisoners in Argentina, the Brazilian government's official news agency said.

Manuel Juan Cordero Piacentini is wanted by Argentine authorities for his alleged participation in 32 cases of kidnappings and torture, many of them against Uruguayan citizens, at a secret detention center in Argentina during the 1976-1983 military regime, the Agencia Brasil news service said late Wednesday.

The case will be analyzed by Brazil's Supreme Court, which has not given a timetable for a decision.

Argentine Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas, who made the extradition request on Wednesday, said Cordero was one of many foreign officials who worked at the secret "Automotores Orletti" detention center in Buenos Aires.



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