Ex-Argentina Officer Recants on Charges
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A former Argentine navy officer who once said he had thrown dissidents to their death from airplanes during his country's "dirty war" recanted Monday at his trial on charges of genocide, torture and terrorism.
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A former police officer was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison for human rights abuses in connection with the 1978 disappearance of a married couple during Argentina's military dictatorship.
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A federal court in northern Argentina has detained 10 former state security agents &#151; including four army colonels &#151; for prosecution in connection with a 1976 massacre, the government news agency said.
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A former sheriff pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges that he took part in a scheme to sell drugs seized from criminals along with 12 former and current officers.
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A Spanish court rules that a former Argentine navy officer can be tried for alleged human rights abuses.
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A former Argentine navy officer who once admitted to throwing political opponents from airplanes to their deaths during his country's "dirty war" two decades ago went on trial Friday, the first person to be ...
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His extradition sets a legal precedent that could be applied to Bolivia's ex-leader, now living in the US.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina  - Former Argentine  President Carlos Menem ended 10 months of self-exile on  Wednesday, aiming to stage a political comeback in his home  province after assurances he would not be arrested on arrival.
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BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 6 -- U.S. officials say they are evaluating a request from Argentine authorities to extradite a Florida-based businessman whose mysterious suitcase full of cash has driven an awkward wedge between the governments of Venezuela and Argentina.
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An Argentine former navy officer went on trial accused of genocide and serious human rights abuses under his country's dictatorship, including throwing prisoners into the ocean from helicopters.
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The last army chief from Argentina's dictatorship and five other retired officers went on trial Tuesday for their alleged roles in the illegal detentions and torture of dissidents during military rule.
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Thousands in Argentina demand the return of a key witness who disappeared after giving landmark evidence.
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By Daniel Trotta MADRID  - An Argentine former navy captain ontrial in Spain for genocide said on Monday he invented a storyabout pushing drugged political prisoners out of planes toprovoke an investigation into the country's dirty war.
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Former Argentine President Carlos Menem ended a one-year exile in Chile and returned home Wednesday after a judge ruling dismissing an arrest warrant against him became effective.
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LIMA - Former president Alberto Fujimori returned to Peru yesterday to face charges of corruption and sanctioning death-squad killings, a grim homecoming for the strongman who fled the country seven years ago as his government collapsed in scandal.
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US prosecutors said a suitcase filled with nearly $800,000 was brought into Argentina from Venezuela as a campaign contribution allegedly intended for Argentina's newly elected president
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French police have arrested a former officer in the Rwandan army, Marcel Bivugabagabo, accused of taking part in the 1994 genocide, an association of legal plaintiffs said Wednesday.