Suspected death squad cars found at Argentine base
Suspected death squad cars found at Argentine base
Tue Mar 27, 2012 4:45pm EDT
By Luis Andres Henao
BUENOS AIRES, March 27 (Reuters) - Argentine investigators have unearthed 43 Ford Falcon cars that death squads may have used to abduct dissidents during the country's 1976-1983 "Dirty War," court documents published on Tuesday showed.
The Falcons conjure spine-chilling memories in Argentina because they were used to haul suspected leftists off for questioning during the military dictatorship, when up to 30,000 people were killed.
The rusty, dust-covered cars dating back more than 30 years were found in a warehouse at the Puerto Belgrano naval base, located near the city of Bahia Blanca in Buenos Aires province.
They will be searched for traces of blood, hair or any other evidence that might link them to the Dirty War, as part of a federal court investigation of crimes against humanity, court papers published by the official judicial news agency showed.
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Photo of French nuns Léonie Duquet and Alice Domon,
tortured, dropped from airplane by the Argen. military.
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U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger meets with Argentine foreign minister, Admiral Cesar
Augusto Guzzetti, at a later meeting on October 7, 1976 (Photo courtesy of Clarín.com (Argentina)[/font][/center]
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