Ex-Pinochet colonel captured in Argentina
16 July 2018 - 19H00
Ex-Pinochet colonel captured in Argentina
Argentina says it has captured a former Chilean army colonel convicted of crimes against humanity during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.
Sergio Francisco Jara Arancibia was "one of Chile's most wanted fugitives over murders committed in 1973" Argentina's ministry of security and the nation said, announcing the retired military leader's arrest in Mar del Plata, some 400 kilometers (250 miles) to the south of the capital Buenos Aires on the Atlantic coast.
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Jara Arancibia had been "on the run for more than a year" and was the subject of an international arrest warrant.
He was captured through surveillance of his son's travels around various cities.
Last year, Chile's supreme court found Jara Arancibia guilty of the murder of a doctor and a public official opposed to the bloody regime established by the now-deceased general Pinochet between 1973 and 1990.
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Former Col. Sergio Jara, convicted of murders of opponents of Pinochet, is arrested in Argentina
By The Desconcierto / 15.07.2018 @eldesconcierto
The Ministry of Security of Argentina declared that the ex-high command will be "extradited to Chile" and that it will be "made available to the Justice for due process." The former soldier remained a fugitive one year ago.
This Sunday he was arrested in Mar del Plata by the Argentine Federal Police Sergio Jara Arancibia, former army colonel during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. The former high command was a fugitive from justice a year ago and had an international arrest warrant in progress.
The former soldier was considered one of "the most wanted fugitives in Chile" and is currently accused by a large number of homicides that occurred during the dictatorship. So far, the Supreme Court has only confirmed the conviction for two of its murders: a doctor and a government official, both opponents of the regime.
http://www.eldesconcierto.cl/2018/07/15/detienen-en-argentina-a-ex-coronel-sergio-jara-condenado-por-asesinatos-a-opositores-a-pinochet/
