In Argentina, a former police chaplain has been sentenced to life in prison for torture, kidnapping and murder of dissidents during Argentina’s so-called “dirty war.” Roman Catholic priest Christian Von Wernich is the first clergy member to go on trial for crimes committed by U.S.-backed military regimes in Latin America during the 1970s and 1980s. Outside the courtroom in the city of La Plata, crowds cheered and set off firecrackers as the verdict was announced. Adriana Calvo, who was detained under the Argentine junta, hailed the ruling.

Adriana Calvo: “The only possible reparation for these profound wounds that we and our people have is justice, nothing else. This is a part justice, however small, but it one more genocidal (person) in jail, and we are going after more.”