In Argentina, a former army commander has been sentenced to life in prison. Luciano Benjamin Menendez was convicted on charges of kidnapping, torturing and killing left-wing dissidents during Argentina’s seven-year dictatorship beginning in 1976. Activists and relatives of victims celebrated outside the courtroom.

Demonstrator: “I feel like justice has been served. And in all truth, this war criminal, the oppressor known as Luciano Benjamin Menendez, is going to rot in jail, which is exactly what he deserves.”

Some 30,000 people are believed to have died under the Argentine dictatorship.