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human-rights2 years ago•1 min saved

Argentina's Infamous 'Death Flight' Plane Returns Home from the US

Argentina has welcomed the return of an airplane used by the country's last military dictatorship to throw political opponents to their deaths. The plane, which took part in the notorious "death flights," will now be part of a museum dedicated to the memory of the victims. The victims included French nuns and a mother who had been searching for her disappeared son. The plane will be housed at a former detention and torture center in Buenos Aires. The discovery of the plane provided evidence used in a historic trial that convicted dozens of people of dictatorship-era crimes.

via Reuters Canada|

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world2 years ago•6 min saved

Argentina's infamous 'death flight' plane returns home from the US.

A plane used by Argentina's junta to throw political detainees to their deaths from the sky has been returned to Buenos Aires from Florida. The Short SC.7 Skyvan is the first ever proven in a court to have been used in the "death flights," one of the dictatorship's most cold-blooded atrocities. The plane will be added to the Museum of Memory, which is in what was the junta's most infamous secret detention center. Argentina's junta is widely considered the most deadly of the military dictatorships that ruled much of Latin America in the 1970s and 1980s.

via CBS News|

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history2 years ago•5 min saved

Infamous 'Death Flight' Plane Returns to Argentina for Historical Reckoning

A plane used by Argentina's military dictatorship to throw political detainees to their deaths from the sky has been returned to the country and will be added to the Museum of Memory. The Short SC.7 Skyvan is the first ever proven in a court to have been used in the "death flights," one of the dictatorship's most cold-blooded atrocities. The junta detained, tortured and killed people suspected of opposing the regime, with human rights groups estimating 30,000 were slain. The plane's return was enabled by Italian photographer Giancarlo Ceraudo, who spent years seeking out "death flight" planes.

via NBC News|

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history2 years ago•4 min saved

Argentina brings back 'death flight' plane for historical accountability.

A plane used by Argentina's military dictatorship to throw political detainees to their deaths from the sky has been returned to Buenos Aires and will be added to the Museum of Memory. The plane was discovered in the US and is the first ever proven in court to have been used in the "death flights". The junta is widely considered the most deadly of the military dictatorships that ruled much of Latin America in the 1970s and 1980s. Human rights groups estimate 30,000 were slain, many of whom disappeared without a trace.

via The Associated Press|

#argentina #death-flights #dictatorship

human-rights2 years ago•4 min saved

Argentina brings back 'death flight' plane for historical accountability.

A plane used by Argentina's junta to throw political detainees to their deaths from the sky has been returned to Buenos Aires and will be added to the Museum of Memory, which is in what was the junta's most infamous secret detention center. The plane is the first ever proven in a court to have been used for the "death flights," one of the dictatorship's most cold-blooded atrocities. Human rights groups estimate 30,000 were slain, many of whom disappeared without a trace. The return of the plane will help Argentines understand the reality of the dictatorship.

via AOL|

#argentina #death-flights #historical-reckoning

human-rights2 years ago•4 min saved

Argentina brings back 'death flight' plane for historical accountability.

A plane used by Argentina's junta to throw political detainees to their deaths from the sky has been returned to Buenos Aires and will be added to the Museum of Memory, which is in what was the junta's most infamous secret detention center. The plane is the first ever proven in a court to have been used for the "death flights" and was used to kill Azucena Villaflor and 11 other detainees. The return of the plane was enabled by Italian photographer Giancarlo Ceraudo, who spent years seeking out "death flight" planes.

via Yahoo News|

#argentina #death-flights #historical-reckoning