Suspect in Argentina's 'dirty war' arrested
Thursday, February 9, 2006; Posted: 9:18 a.m. EST (14:18 GMT)
Ex-Argentine police officer Ricardo
Taddei allegedly is connected to 161
cases of kidnapping and torture.
Thursday, February 9, 2006; Posted: 9:18 a.m. EST (14:18 GMT)
MADRID, Spain (AP) -- Spanish police have arrested a former Argentine police officer in Madrid wanted in connection with kidnappings and torture during his country's "dirty war" against leftist dissidents, authorities said Thursday.
The man was identified as Ricardo Taddei, 63, a police spokesman said on condition of anonymity because he is not allowed to be identified.
He was arrested Wednesday in Madrid on an international arrest warrant.
He is allegedly connected to 161 cases of kidnapping and torture, authorities said.
Police said Taddei was an officer at the Argentine Federal Police in the so-called Clandestine Detention Centers between 1976 and 1979, where he worked as a guard and interrogator.
During the 1976-1983 dictatorship, at least 9,000 Argentines vanished -- and presumably were killed -- often after torture as the government sought to round up and silence leftists and anti-government activists.
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