Miguel Echecolac was sentenced to life in prison in a case in which Jorge Julio Lopez was in charge.
The former repressor is already clearing eight more equal sentences; The testimony of a missing witness was crucial; Songs and shouts were heard as one of the convicts continued to be under house arrest
LA PLATA.- The so-called crime case Spider wellIn which the testimony of a missing witness was crucial Jorge Julio Lopez, Finally received a verdict.
The federal court No. 1 in La Plata sentenced the former repressor to life imprisonment. Miguel Echekola tooWhich is already clearing eight more life sentences and former police Julio Cesar Garachico For aggravated murder, two and three times, respectively.
Garachiko was also convicted of kidnapping and torturing seven people at a former secret center, including Lopez. Is among the victims in this case Francisco Lopez MuntanerOne of the kidnapped students in the episode is known as Night of Pencils.
Miguel Osvaldo Echecolac was sentenced to life in prison for complicity in a premeditated murder for the premeditated consent of two or more persons, to the detriment of Norberto Rhodes and Alejandro Sanchez, in two or more cases of aggravated violence or threats. With aggravating circumstances. “Using torture against a politically displaced person.”Said the President of the Court, Andres BasoThis afternoon he is reading the verdict for the convicted echecolas.
“The facts were a crime against humanity and should be classified as such”Said the №1 federal court in this capital when declaring war crimes unrestricted. The court also rejected the defense’s request not to prosecute Echekolac on the grounds of being convicted of genocide.
Details of the ruling, which did not fully satisfy Justice’s plaintiffs, will be announced on July 13.
Defendants were not present in the La Plata Federal Courtroom: Echekolats too Followed by a reading of the verdict Ezeiza Castle ი Garachiko, in the house where he pays house arrest.
Judges Basso, Jose Michilin and Alejandro Esmoris Analyzed what happened to the seven people who were in Pozzo de Arana. Only two of them survived, however It was Lopez’s efforts that enabled him to understand what happened to each of his companions. His testimony – at the beginning of the debate involved – was Decisive test.
Lopez is Missing since September 18, 2006 At the first trial after the reopening of the cases in La Plata, after giving testimony and suing Echecolas.
Scandal
Human rights activists were in the room They stormed in with angry shouts After reading the sentence, given that the court continued Garachiko’s house arrest.
“Justice, trash, you are a dictatorship,” the militants said. “Well, then you are still on vacation,” complained some of the protesters, who whistled disapprovingly at the magistrates. “What a shame,” shouted relatives and friends of the victims.
“A common prison, permanent and effective, no genocide on the streets of Argentina,” said protesters, who sometimes prevented the decision from being read.
Specifically, both Echecolac were sentenced to life imprisonment as co-authors of the murder offense in two or more cases to the detriment of Norberto Rhodes and Alejandro Emilio Sanchez. He was also convicted of unlawful deprivation of liberty aggravated by violence and threats, as well as the use of torture by persecuted politicians.
This killer expressed a desire not to appeal the conviction.
Garaაჩico, meanwhile, was sentenced to life in prison for co-perpetrating three or more cases of aggravated murder, to the detriment of Norberto Rhodes, Ambrosio de Marco and Patricia del Orto. Illegal deprivation of liberty, violence and threats seven times, to the detriment of Norberto Rhodes, Ambrosio de Marco, Patricia Del Orto, Francisco Lopez Montaner, Guillermo Ephraim Cano and Jorge Julio Lopez.
The court recalled that the facts of motivating the process are a crime committed against humanity. So they need to be qualified and remember to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity. Before reading the protocols, the court also ordered that the provincial executive branch of the Arana police department should be removed in order to make room for memory there.
The closing of the session was convulsive: “Ole Ole, Ole Ole. As it happens with the Nazis. “Wherever they go, we will go to look for them,” they sang in public.
Source: La Nacion
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