Argentine courts have launched an investigation into crimes committed
at the ESMA Navy Mechanics School during the nation's military
dictatorship. The landmark human rights trial is one of the most
far-reaching attempts to bring crimes of Latin America's bloody past
to justice.
For more than three decades, survivors and their families awaited the
trial that finally began on Dec. 11, 2009. During Argentina's
1976-1983 dictatorship, the ESMA Navy Mechanics School served as a
clandestine detention center, used to torture and disappear thousands
of people. Now 17 former ESMA officers face charges of human rights
abuses, torture, and murder.
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