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Omar Graffigna

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and José Manuel Pérez Rojo in 1978 by the air force's Buenos Aires Regional Intelligence (RIBA). Roisinblit was 8 months pregnant; her child was born and given to air force intelligence operative Francisco Gómez (sentenced to 12 years in prison for his part) and his wife Teodora Jofre to raise as
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of Spain decided that extraditions to Spain of those implicated in crimes during the Argentine dictatorship were now unwarranted, as Argentina had repealed an amnesty absolving those involved of responsibility for crimes, so that they could now be dealt with in Argentina. In 2005, however, the
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annulled the Prime Minister's decision and ordered that extradition proceedings begin. Graffigna and Lami Dozo unsuccessfully petitioned the Argentine Federal Court for a
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in 1985. His case benefited from a ruling during the sentencing phase of the trial that punishment should be determined by the relative roles of each branch of the
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as Commander of the Air Force in January 1979, and continued Agosti's policy of having the post serve as a moderating counterweight to the hard-line
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On 8 September 2016 Graffigna was sentenced in Argentina to 25 years' imprisonment for the abduction, torture and murder of the married couple
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Graffigna was indicted for kidnapping, torture, robbery, invasion of property and forgery of public documents during the historic
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in each case, thereby lessening sentences for the Air Force commanders on trial. Graffigna and his successor, General
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In 2003 Graffigna was ordered arrested again by Judge Rodolfo Canicoba Corral pursuant to a request for his
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ruling for what they maintained was a lack of jurisdiction on the part of Spanish courts.
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program during his tenure as Air Force Chief of Staff, and in 1978, the Cóndor I
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Crimes against humanity, including kidnapping, torture and murder
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Incomplete transition: military power and democracy in Argentina
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Argentine people convicted of crimes against humanity
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Index


Clarke
Santa Fe Province
Buenos Aires
Argentine Air Force
Brigadier General
Chief of the General Staff
Conviction(s)
Argentine Air Force
military junta
National Reorganization Process
Santiago Omar Riveros
Santa Fe Province
March 1976 coup
Cóndor missile
sounding rocket
tactical missile
guidance system
Orlando Agosti
Navy
Dirty War
Trial of the Juntas
Argentine Armed Forces
Basilio Lami Dozo
extradition
Baltazar Garzón
crimes against humanity
José María Aznar
Supreme Court of Spain
habeas corpus

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