Dirty war officer on trial for genocide

A former Argentinian naval officer, who has admitted throwing 30 drugged, naked dissidents off aircraft into the Atlantic during his country’s Dirty War, went on trial for genocide in Spain today.

A former Argentinian naval officer, who has admitted throwing 30 drugged, naked dissidents off aircraft into the Atlantic during his country’s Dirty War, went on trial for genocide in Spain today.

Adolfo Scilingo, 58, is the first person to be tried in Spain for crimes against humanity in another nation.

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