Argentine Dirty War suspect arrested in Bolivia

[Judi Lynn]

Argentine Dirty War suspect arrested in Bolivia
AFP
Sunday, Dec 25, 2011

LA PAZ,Bolivia - Bolivian authorities on Saturday announced the arrest of an Argentine ex-military officer wanted for human rights violations committed during his country's "Dirty War" in the 1970s and 1980s.

Bolivian Interior Minister Wilfredo Chavez said the suspect, Luis Enrique Baraldini, would be extradited within hours to his native Argentina, which had offered a reward of some US$23,000(S$29,805) for information leading to his arrest.

Chavez presented a handcuffed Baraldini at a press conference in La Paz, saying the former officer "was a member of the epoch of dictatorship in Argentina and has therefore been charged in that country."

He added that Baraldini had been detained in Santa Cruz, some 900 kilometers (560 miles) east of the Bolivian capital, where he allegedly lived under a false name for several years.

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[Peace Patriot]

1. Great to see the new leftist leaders cooperating as to "Dirty War" criminals...

...and other regional (or U.S.-caused) problems.

I suspect that there have been very significant developments on intelligence sharing since Leftist governments have been elected in so many countries--Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay, Nicaragua and other countries--but it is a difficult matter to get information about, of course. We see the effects of good intelligence sharing--for instance, in big drug lord busts (often following the eviction of U.S. "war on drugs" forces), in the foiling of assassination attempts and other rightwing or CIA plots (for instance, in Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela), and in the exposure of "black ops" propaganda (for instance the very Rumsfeldian "miracle laptop" out of Colombia that allegedly contained "proof" that Chavez/Venezuela and Correa/Ecuador were trying to help the FARC get a "dirty bomb" and other absurd and warmongering accusations). We see the effects, but we don't know exactly how South American governments are achieving these results (locating/arresting criminals; debunking lies).

It actually thrills me to see that Latin American leaders are gaining control over events in their own countries and region, at long last, and are cooperating on policies that serve their people and not U.S. transglobal corporations and war profiteers. This is a momentous development--and I hope that, some day, writers and film producers get the "inside" story on the intelligence aspects of this amazing change.