Gerardo Romero, husband of one victim was killed along with four others, which occurred during the last military dictatorship, said that in the house where the attack occurred "had no arms and told the press" of the Third Army Corps.
Romero said today as a witness in the second day of trial to be held in Tucumán by the so called because "Romero Niklison" against the repressive Luciano Benjamin Menendez.
"The Army said there was an armed confrontation, but the place had no arms.'s Companions were directly shot and no defense," said Romero to declare today to the Oral Criminal Tribunal Federal de Tucumán.
The court will seek to determine the liability of the former head of the Third Army Corps, Luciano Benjamin Menendez and the other defendant, former commissioner Heriberto Roberto Albornoz, which occurred on May 20, 1976.
During the story, Romero said that "in the house had no tunnels or weapons or ammunition, there was only a camouflage tank where there were documents, books and magazines were forbidden to read the Argentines at the time."
He recalled that "this day was a political meeting in my house and I went with my daughter Alexandra, who was one year and eight months because she had to meet a friend for a monitoring session that usually did.
"It was a quick meeting, but it took me going back because my partner ran out of gas in the car and took him to a service station to buy fuel, "he said.
" When I got home, a neighbor alerted me that had entered and killed them all. I detoured to see the presence of soldiers and was able to observe from a distance who were ransacking my house. I never got off the car and see if I could move the bodies, "he said.
" I did not see what happened, but the stories I heard it was an execution, no ability to defend them, " added.
The witness said that when she was killed, his wife Maria Romero Niklison was five months pregnant and he decided to send his daughter to Santa Fe, where he was raised by her sister.
also noted that he met his wife when he entered Montoneros militants in the National University de Tucumán.
During the day also said Maria Alejandra Romero Niklison, which acts as a prosecutor in the case and is the daughter of Mary Romero Niklison, one of the victims.
happen He said that the attack was very small but that eventually came to know details of what happened in the story of friends and neighbors.
In the family home, located in the neighborhood Echeverría, the capital of Tucumán, 20 May 1976 Mary Romero Niklison held a meeting with four other militants of the organization Montoneros.
According to the record, joint forces of army and provincial police took by assault the house and, simulating a battle, killed all who were there.
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