Luis Abelardo Patti repressor RECEIVE YOUR FIRST CONVICTION CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
The Argentina is now a safer country
The former policeman and former mayor of Escobar received life imprisonment to be served in a Prison Service establishment. Reynaldo Bignone, Santiago Omar Riveros and Martin Rodriguez were sentenced to the same penalty. A fifth defendant was given six years.
arms joined in the backs of the chairs. The brothers Kevin and Manuel Gonçalves, Juana, Diego and Antonio Muniz Barreto, Soledad D'Amico and his lawyers formed a bond that contained them all. When the judge finished reading Larrandart Lucia failure, looked at each other, tried to dry the tears that continued to appear, they stood and hugged. The president of the Federal Court 1, San Martín had just announced the conviction of Luis Abelardo Patti, Reynaldo Benito Bignone and three repressors of kidnappings, tortures and murders of their parents.
Patti, Bignone, Santiago Omar Riveros and Martin Rodriguez received life imprisonment and perpetual disqualification over payment of legal and ancillary costs. The fifth defendant, Juan Fernando Meneghini, he played six years. Meneghini was curator of the 1st Escobar during the dictatorship, but the court found that there was much evidence against him and not blamed for killings or tortures. Beyond that point, which the complainants evaluate whether to appeal or not after May 5, when they know the basics, lawyers, prosecutors and relatives of the victims were removed from the audience satisfied Hugo del Carril, in José León Suárez, where conducted the trial.
The key finding of the court decision yesterday, which was applauded as much or more convictions, the judge gave him when informed that "the enforcement of sentences imposed on all defendants will be place in a Federal Prison Service establishment "and overturned in the act of Meneghini home detention. The policeman was the only accused who was in the courtroom when the sentence was read. The rest have opted to remain in an adjoining room. Patti was not reported whether wearing his costume terminally ill, which includes a neck brace and a stretcher, which sported the few times that was seen during the trial. The former mayor of Escobar is currently housed at the clinic Fleni of the town, where, supposedly, is recovering from a stroke. As identified in the ruling, the repressor could go boarding, but in prison. One option could be Ezeiza, where a new health center.
"is a show to victimize. It has something, but it is a picture of the severity you want to show, "prosecutors felt Luca and Marcelo Augusto García Berro, who along with John Murray were the delegates of the Attorney in this trial and went with satisfaction duty.
"is a coward, as demonstrated throughout this time and when it appears in the table makes me cringe," said Manuel Gonçalves Página/12 just got off the bench. The important thing for him, then, was to harvest: "This is the result of much effort and fighting, as we were taught the Mothers and Grandmothers, because although there were moments of defeat, our goal was to reach this day, in which a sentencing court. As one of the protagonists of the subjugation of democracy, Patti used to support institutions with impunity. We had to work twice as hard in other cases. Insulted us all wanting to hold public office. And do not forget that political alliances, for example with Duhalde, reach today. "
Both victims' families and lawyers and Paul Oberlin Ana Llonto highlighted the long road they had to cross to Patti be convicted. "It was a very difficult case, more complex than others, we had to fight to not be representative or candidate, had threatened a lot of witnesses. To test that seemed complicated, it proved to be strong, "said Oberlin.
"It's a historic day. This is a relief and strengthens democracy. Patti is an emblem, is as murderer like the others, but evaded justice and misled society. Now he finished down the canard that some people thought, now no one can believe except those who are like him or for them, "said Página/12 president of Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, Estela de Carlotto, as he took a picture with two girls boarded it with a digital camera. While trying to leave the auditorium and they approached another group with camera in hand, he added: "common jail and life imprisonment are two phrases to put in bronze. It is a triumph of the people. "
Victims, witnesses, evidence
Patti, Bignone, Rivera and Rodriguez were convicted of kidnapping, use of torture and murder of Gaston and Diego Gonçalves Muniz Barreto, kidnapping, application of torture and attempted murder of Juan Fernandez, the disappearance of Carlos Souto and Luis and Guillermo D'Amico and illegal detention of Osvaldo Arriosti.
Former Deputy Muniz Barreto and Fernandez, who was his secretary, was abducted in February 1977 Escobar. They were taken to the police station in the area, Regional Unit Tigre and finally to Campo de Mayo. From there came on March 5 in a Fiat 128 sleeping with some substance. The car were thrown into a creek near West Estate, Entre Ríos. Muniz Barreto died, but Fernandez survived and before going into exile left his testimony before a notary public.
Patti is involved in this case from the beginning. The ex-wife reported him Muniz Barreto in 1977. This appears in a presentation before the Papal by women. A family friend said in the case that on 17 February met with a man claiming to come from Muniz Barreto (was a relative of a prisoner from the police station Escobar) who gave him a handwritten note by Mr saying: "Movete fast, we Escobar. We stopped the officer inspector Luis A. Patti. " Muniz Barreto sent two more messages of this type that came to the family and your business. According to the report of police personnel Escobar, Patti was promoted on March 7, 1977, a day after the murder of Muniz Barreto.
hijacks Souto, D'Amico brothers and Arriosti occurred in 1977 in the area of \u200b\u200bGarin. Arriosti survived his captivity and identified Patti as one of the men who captured him.
Goncalves was kidnapped on March 24, 1976 in Zárate. Two witnesses recounted that they were detained with him in a police van located behind the police station Escobar, where Patti was on duty assistant chief officer. On April 2, 1976 Gonçalves's body was left in place the Hunter, on Route 4. He had been shot and then burned. Twenty years later, the body was buried in the cemetery as NN Escobar, was identified by the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team. A few months before his abduction, Gonçalves and his wife Patti had discussed with the organization following an act in Escobar. "You'll see what will happen to you. I'll make you kill ", he threatened the police.
Patti, represented by Silvio Duarte and Alfredo Bisordi former judge, tried to show up as "political persecution" but witnesses and documentary evidence disarmed strategy. During the trial, for example, introduced a leaflet produced in 1975 by the Peronist Youth -ended filed with the Directorate of Intelligence Police of the Province of Buenos Aires in alleging that the police Escobar "is run over human dignity" and mentioned the official "Patti" as one of the "sinister characters who carry out these brutal facts."
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The defendants had the chance to say his "last words" morning. Used their right Bignone and Rodriguez. The first advantage to criticize Carlotto, who had narrated, in the case of the systematic plan of babies, two meetings he had with him. "I regret to have opened my home and my heart," said the repressor. Carlotto said afterwards: "He said he regretted his crimes." Rodriguez, who until last February was a professor at Catholic University of Salta, was a long political argument that even included a complaint that had not been penalized 82 percent for retirees moving, prompting laughter the public.
Rodriguez's conviction was weighted Llonto. "Long ago we knew there was a repressor which they called 'Toro', but only last year we were able to identify you and you're doomed. Should be the case that was resolved quickly, "he said.
Juana Muniz Barreto pressed two beaded bracelets and hair color of an elephant. They are brought his father from Africa, when he went to escape the persecution of the Triple A and the trial also weighed on the day stated. Before the television cameras that addressed after the fault had now it's up to Mom. "I have two children and I do not think it was a bad mother so far. I leave the legacy of fighting for what one believes is right, but so far I was very dedicated to my dad. Now is the time to my children. "
Larrandart When he read the decision she and her colleagues Horacio and Maria Lucia Cassain Segretti had been taken, the audience applause and shouts were heard. Many "bravo" and a "let's Argentina." Rose dozens of black and white photos of the disappeared seen in Campo de Mayo and sang the classic "Like the Nazis, is going to happen, where will the go to look for." Outside were two giant screens mounted and a stage which would rise after the Authentic Decadentes. There, as the judge spoke, he heard a song specially composed for the occasion: "Look, look what a joy / look, look what emotion / Luis Abelardo Patti is walking in a thong for the flag"
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