Operation Condor Victim Requests Extradition of Henry Kissinger

Agence France-Presse has the continuing story on bringing Operation Condor players to justice:

MONTEVIDEO (AFP) - - Uruguay's former military dictator Gregorio Alvarez was charged and jailed Monday pending trial for crimes against humanity during his 1981-1985 rule, court sources said.

Judge Luis Charles issued an arrest warrant and detailed charges against Alvarez, 82, who was sought since November 12 for alleged responsibility for abduction of suspected political opponents in 1978 who were sent to Buenos Aires and believed to have then been executed.

Prosecutor Mirtha Guianze also issued arrest warrants on the same charges for captains Jorge Troccoli and Juan Carlos Larcebau.

They all face potential prison terms of 25 years.

Guianze called Alvarez a "co-author of repeated crimes of abduction" of political foes believed to have been killed by allies in neighboring Argentina.

The specific case mentioned in Charles' indictment involved the transfer in 1978 of about 20 political prisoners by air, sea and ground who were held earlier at Argentine clandestine detention centers known as Pozos de Banfield, Quilmes and
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...He also said he was unaware of Operation Condor, a conspiracy of 1970s South American dictatorships to track opponents, murder them and spirit their bodies to other countries under military regimes: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.

In March an attorney for a victim of Uruguay's 1973-1985 dictatorship asked his government to request the extradition of former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger over his alleged role in the notorious Operation Condor.

Latin American dictatorships of the time "were mere executors" of a "plan of extermination" hatched in the United States by a group led by Kissinger, attorney Gustavo Salle, who represents the family of Bernardo Arnone, said at the time.

Kissinger played a dominant role in US foreign policy between 1969 and 1977, and was a strong supporter of right-wing regimes across Latin America....