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ARGENTINA’S last dictator, Reynaldo Bignone, and 14 others have been jailed for their role in the Operation Condor programme of continent-wide repression.
Former general Mr Bignone, the last ruler of the military junta from 1982 to 1983, was sentenced to 20 years on Friday for being part of an illicit association, kidnapping and abusing his powers in the forced disappearance of more than 100 people.
The other 14 officers received sentences of between eight and 25 years each for criminal association, kidnapping and torture.
Newly revealed documents reveal that MI5 taught Brazilian secret police the techniques deployed by the 1964-85 military dictatorship in horrific prisons like Rio de Janeiro’s House of Death. SARA VIVACQUA reports
JOHN GREEN is fascinated by a very readable account of Britain’s involvement in South America
