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Argentine Accused of Torture Under Dictatorship Extradited from France

HeadlineDec 19, 2019

A former Argentine police officer accused of carrying out torture and crimes against humanity during Argentina’s dictatorship has been extradited from France to Argentina. Mario Sandoval lived in France for more than 30 years, where he lectured at the New Sorbonne University. He was finally extradited Monday, more than a decade after his role in Argentina’s brutal dictatorship was revealed by an investigation in the Argentine newspaper Página/12.

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