Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentina's former president, died on May 17, 2013, at the age of 87 in a jail cell where he was imprisoned.
Videla ruled between 1976 and 1981, during Argentina's military dictatorship, a period marked by death that left thousands of people
missing [es].
In 1983 the former dictator was judged and condemned to life-prison for crimes against humanity. In 2010 Videla was
sentenced [es] to life in prison for the torture and shooting of 31 political prisoners, and in 2012 he was sentenced to another 50 years in jail for the
kidnapping [es] of newborns during the dictatorship.
An
obituary [es] by BBC World says: “He was one of the most controversial and hated men in Argentina, under his regime close to 30,000 people died or disappeared according to human rights organizations.”
Jose Alejandro Godoy of website Desde el Tercer Piso (From the Third Floor)
wrote [es] about the events that took place during the years Videla ruled Argentina:
Secuestro sistemático de menores de edad, torturas, uso del mundial de fútbol para fines de propaganda (a pocas cuadras de los estadios donde se jugaba, había centros de tortura), un ajuste económico mal aplicado, exilio de cientos de argentinos, cierre de sindicatos. El penoso legado de una dictadura que se inició con él y que se liquidó el día que algún alucinado militar argentino pretendió que hacer una guerra en las Malvinas sería la mejor forma de prolongar la estancia castrense en el poder.
Systematic kidnapping of underage kids, tortures, use of the football world cup for propaganda (a few blocks...
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