Mario Sandoval: Notorious Argentine torturer jailed
Source: BBC
Mario Sandoval: Notorious Argentine torturer jailed
22 December 2022
By Vanessa Buschschlüter
BBC News
A court in Argentina has sentenced a former policeman who worked at one of the most notorious torture centres during the country's military rule to 15 years in prison.
Mario Sandoval, 69, was found guilty of abducting and torturing left-wing student Hernán Abriata, who disappeared in 1976 and is presumed dead.
Sandoval fled Argentina after the end of military rule and settled in France, where he became a university lecturer.
He was extradited in 2019.
Sandoval has been accused of participating in the disappearance and torture of hundreds of left-wing activists during Argentina's military rule from 1976 to 1983.
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Mario Sandoval was a police officer during Argentina's "Dirty War" (Getty Images)
Hernán Abriata was 24 when he was seized by police and taken to a clandestine detention centre (Getty Images)