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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — An Argentine court sentenced 12 former military and police officials to life in prison Wednesday for crimes against humanity committed during the country’s 1976-83 military dictatorship.
Among those sentenced to life in the landmark ruling was Alfredo Astiz, a 59-year-old former navy spy nicknamed “the Angel of Death.” Astiz is accused of participating in the disappearance, torture and murder of two French nuns, a journalist and three founders of a human-rights group that he infiltrated while spying for the dictatorship.
Denver Post wire services
