'Angel Of Death' Among 29 Given Life Sentences Over Argentina's 'Dirty War'

November 30, 2017
Front row, left to right: Jorge Eduardo Acosta, "The Tiger"; Alfredo Astiz, the "Angel of Death"; pilot Georges Mario Daniel Arru; and Carlos Octavio Capdevilla, known as "Tommy," are seen during their sentencing hearing Wednesday in Buenos Aires.

Former naval officer Alfredo Astiz was convicted of kidnapping, torture and murder in a mass trial of defendants linked to a secret torture center during the country's 1976-1983 military dictatorship.

(Image credit: Javier Gonzalez Toledo/AFP/Getty Images)



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