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former de facto president sit in the dock on 15 February in connection with the case "Romero Niklison" by the killing of five montoneros in 1976. A month later, will be tried for the death of Osvaldo De Benedetti, occurred in 1978.
Former coup leader, Jorge Rafael Videla, one of the chief ideologues of the 1976 coup and responsible for human rights violations committed during the "years of lead" in Argentina, will be tried for the first time in Tucuman the reopening of the causes for such offenses, starting next February 15.
The process, which will be carried out by the Federal Court of Tucumán (TOF), is part of the cause, "Romero Niklison", which is investigating the murder of five people. Besides
Videla, will also be sitting on the dock Luciano Benjamin Menendez, the former head of the Third Corps Army, police and former Roberto Heriberto "The one-eyed" Albornoz.
Another peculiarity of which will be the first of six trials for crimes against humanity, and are dated to 2011 in our country, is the fact that for the first time, the former de facto governor of Tucuman, Antonio Domingo Bussi , for health reasons, will not be among the defendants.
The facts which will be judged Videla and the other defendants occurred on May 20, 1976, when, at noon, there was a raid by the staff of the V th Infantry Brigade and police forces Tucumán at home where they lived María Alejandra Niklison and Gerardo Alfredo Romero, street Azcuénaga 1876, the provincial capital.
Moments before the raid at that address, located in the neighborhood Echeverría, five militants were gathered outside the political-military organization Montoneros de Tucumán, who were attending a leadership meeting of the East. They were María Alejandra Niklison, Fernando Saavedra Lamas, alias "Pepo" Juan Carlos Meneses (whose name was fake Cano Miguel Angel Gonzalez, a native of the province of Santa Fe) and Eduardo González Atilio Brandsen Paz, known as "jacks" or "Martin."
Joint Forces and the Army Provincial police dropped explosives and took by assault the house, entered the house and, simulating a battle, killed all the inhabitants with gun shots. One of the occupants, Saavedra Lamas, escaped from the house, but was killed by the same assailants in front of a nearby church.
Witnesses said they had raided the home front army trucks, police vehicles, a large number of troops of both forces, and many local residents.
The bodies of the victims were taken to Police Headquarters and thence Tucumán four (three male and one female) were buried in mass common in the North Cemetery in this city.
Another trial in March
A month later, on 15 March, also in Tucumán, start the trial in connection with the case "De Benedetti", which is investigating the death of Osvaldo De Benedetti, occurred in 1978 and they are accused Videla, Menéndez, Jorge Eduardo Gorleri, Hector Hugo Chilo Lorenzo, Jorge Alberto González Navarro and Carlos Lucena.
De Benedetti was indicted for conspiracy and booked into the prison unit No. 1 in the city of Cordoba, available to the Federal Court of Tucuman and the Executive Branch by decree N ° 1761/74. To be a "hostage" with other prisoners from various prisons throughout the country, De Benedeti was removed from the prison facility on July 3, 1978, by order of Area 311 and moved to Tucumán Prison Unit where he joined the same date. Subsequently, as always is clear from the incriminating parts at a date and time not yet determined exactly, but possibly on July 21, 1978, in a yet unidentified Tucumán province, De Benedetti had been executed by personal military belonging to III Army Corps, in a simulated escape attempt.
former de facto president sit in the dock on 15 February in connection with the case "Romero Niklison" by the killing of five montoneros in 1976. A month later, will be tried for the death of Osvaldo De Benedetti, occurred in 1978.
Former coup leader, Jorge Rafael Videla, one of the chief ideologues of the 1976 coup and responsible for human rights violations committed during the "years of lead" in Argentina, will be tried for the first time in Tucuman the reopening of the causes for such offenses, starting next February 15.
The process, which will be carried out by the Federal Court of Tucumán (TOF), is part of the cause, "Romero Niklison", which is investigating the murder of five people. Besides
Videla, will also be sitting on the dock Luciano Benjamin Menendez, the former head of the Third Corps Army, police and former Roberto Heriberto "The one-eyed" Albornoz.
Another peculiarity of which will be the first of six trials for crimes against humanity, and are dated to 2011 in our country, is the fact that for the first time, the former de facto governor of Tucuman, Antonio Domingo Bussi , for health reasons, will not be among the defendants.
The facts which will be judged Videla and the other defendants occurred on May 20, 1976, when, at noon, there was a raid by the staff of the V th Infantry Brigade and police forces Tucumán at home where they lived María Alejandra Niklison and Gerardo Alfredo Romero, street Azcuénaga 1876, the provincial capital.
Moments before the raid at that address, located in the neighborhood Echeverría, five militants were gathered outside the political-military organization Montoneros de Tucumán, who were attending a leadership meeting of the East. They were María Alejandra Niklison, Fernando Saavedra Lamas, alias "Pepo" Juan Carlos Meneses (whose name was fake Cano Miguel Angel Gonzalez, a native of the province of Santa Fe) and Eduardo González Atilio Brandsen Paz, known as "jacks" or "Martin."
Joint Forces and the Army Provincial police dropped explosives and took by assault the house, entered the house and, simulating a battle, killed all the inhabitants with gun shots. One of the occupants, Saavedra Lamas, escaped from the house, but was killed by the same assailants in front of a nearby church.
Witnesses said they had raided the home front army trucks, police vehicles, a large number of troops of both forces, and many local residents.
The bodies of the victims were taken to Police Headquarters and thence Tucumán four (three male and one female) were buried in mass common in the North Cemetery in this city.
Another trial in March
A month later, on 15 March, also in Tucumán, start the trial in connection with the case "De Benedetti", which is investigating the death of Osvaldo De Benedetti, occurred in 1978 and they are accused Videla, Menéndez, Jorge Eduardo Gorleri, Hector Hugo Chilo Lorenzo, Jorge Alberto González Navarro and Carlos Lucena.
De Benedetti was indicted for conspiracy and booked into the prison unit No. 1 in the city of Cordoba, available to the Federal Court of Tucuman and the Executive Branch by decree N ° 1761/74. To be a "hostage" with other prisoners from various prisons throughout the country, De Benedeti was removed from the prison facility on July 3, 1978, by order of Area 311 and moved to Tucumán Prison Unit where he joined the same date. Subsequently, as always is clear from the incriminating parts at a date and time not yet determined exactly, but possibly on July 21, 1978, in a yet unidentified Tucumán province, De Benedetti had been executed by personal military belonging to III Army Corps, in a simulated escape attempt.
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