Buenos Aires, November 6 (Prensa Latina) The Argentine Secretariat for Human Rights announced today that it will appeal against the verdicts of the Federal Court of Corrientes for nine former soldiers accused of crimes against humanity, as in its opinion are significantly lower than the requested verdicts.
In a statement, the organization acting as plaintiff in the case said that it would file the relevant appeals as soon as the basis for the convictions against these individuals is known, for crimes committed against more than 100 people during the last civil-military dictatorship were involved in this country. (1976-1983).
The trial concerned the crimes committed within the jurisdiction of the VII Infantry Brigade, which was stationed in the city of Corrientes and also had under its responsibility the areas of Chaco, Formosa and Misiones.
During the regime there were several secret detention centers in this region, one of which was in the 9th Infantry Regiment (RI 9).
The defendants were charged with illicit association, unlawful deprivation of liberty, use of torture and murder.
The court sentenced former RI9 intelligence officers Horacio Losito and Juan Carlos De Marchi to 25 years in prison; while former Gendarmerie member Raúl Reynoso received a penalty of 18 and Eduardo Cardoso of the VII Brigade Command received a penalty of 15.
For his part, former colonel Abelardo de la Vega was sentenced to twelve years in prison, former first lieutenant Raúl Horacio Harsich to eight years and former auxiliary officer Pedro Alarcón to four years.
Meanwhile, Alfredo Farmache and Abelardo Palma were acquitted.
This is the tenth trial for crimes against humanity in the province and the one with the largest number of victims and defendants.
Due to delays, almost four years passed between submission to the court and the start of debate.
During this time, two defendants died and three others were released for health reasons, the secretariat said.
Since the end of the dictatorship 40 years ago, 1,197 genocide perpetrators have been convicted in Argentina.
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