Argentina 'dirty war' suspects to federal prisons

[Judi Lynn]

Argentina 'dirty war' suspects to federal prisons
The Associated Press
Published: July 31, 2008


BUENOS AIRES, Argentina: Argentina's Justice Ministry has ordered that all suspects accused of human rights abuses be transferred to federal prisons in the wake of a high-profile jailbreak.

The Federal Penitentiary Service has 48 hours to transfer from local jails all suspects in Argentina's "dirty war," a government crackdown in the 1970s and 80s on suspected dissidents and leftist guerrillas.

Former Lt. Col. Julian Corres escaped from a jail in Bahia Blanca on Saturday. He is under investigation for his role running a secret detention center during this country's dictatorship of 1976-83.

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