Miguel Etchecolatz

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Miguel Osvaldo Etchecolatz (* 1929 ) is a former, high-ranking Argentine policeman who worked as a chief investigator and police commander for the police in the province of Buenos Aires during the Argentine military dictatorship (1976-1983) . In 2006 he was sentenced to life in prison after convicted of murder , deprivation of liberty and torture of political opponents.

Activity during the dictatorship

Etchecolatz was the right hand man of police chief Ramón Camps and from 1976 to 1977 chief investigator of the police in Buenos Aires. During his tenure, the province of Buenos Aires had the highest rate of kidnappings. He was responsible for 21 secret prison camps around the capital and was the deputy commander on the Night of the Pencils , in which ten students were kidnapped and tortured from September 16 to September 17, 1976.

After the dictatorship

In 1986, Miguel Etchecolatz was sentenced to 23 years in prison for child abduction and illegal arrest as well as torture in 95 cases, but was not sent to prison due to the legislation of the time ( Ley de Obediencia Debida ), but was placed under house arrest. Etchecolatz later wrote a book in which he defended the dictatorship and wanted to counteract the findings of the National Commission on the disappearance of people . The book was presented to the public by a Catholic publisher at the Buenos Aires Book Fair in 1998 .

Trial in 2006

Etchecolatz was the first criminal of the dictatorship from 1976 to 1983 to be charged since the Ley de Obediencia Debida was repealed in 2005. On September 19, 2006, a La Plata court found him guilty of kidnapping, torturing and murdering eight people. Over 100 witnesses were interviewed during the trial, including former Argentine President Raúl Alfonsín .

Etchecolatz defended his actions and described himself as a " prisoner of war " and a " political prisoner " shortly before the verdict was announced .

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  1. ↑ a b Genocide in Argentina ( Memento from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Miguel Osvaldo Etchecolatz. Trial International, June 3, 2016, accessed August 6, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Etchecolatz, Miguel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Etchecolatz, Miguel Osvaldo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine police commander
DATE OF BIRTH 1929