JULIO CARLOS STRASSERA

The Argentine Military kidnapped, tortured and murdered tens of thousands of Argentine citizens after they had seized power. When they were finally tried, like the Nuremberg Trials of the Nazis, the crimes were so terrible that specific existing laws were not sufficient to describe the crimes exactly. The conviction of the Argentine criminals, like the Nazis, broke new ground in international law.

The Argentine Military kidnapped, tortured and murdered tens of thousands of Argentine citizens after they had seized power. When they were finally tried, like the Nuremberg Trials of the Nazis, the crimes were so terrible that specific existing laws were not sufficient to describe the crimes exactly. The conviction of the Argentine criminals, like the Nazis, broke new ground in international law.