Ex-officer accused of human rights crimes in Argentina found living in Berlin
Luis Esteban Kyburg, who allegedly oversaw deaths of at least 150 during dictatorship, escaped to Germany in 2013
Uki Goñi in Buenos Aires
Fri 17 Jul 2020 14.32 EDT
A former naval officer, charged with human rights crimes during Argentina’s bloody 1976-83 dictatorship, has been discovered living in Berlin – despite being the subject of an international arrest warrant.
Luis Esteban Kyburg, the alleged commander of an elite navy unit believed responsible for the deaths of at least 150 people, was filmed by the Bild tabloidwalking down the streets of Berlin’s trendy Friedrichshain district .
“I’m waiting here. Court in Germany, not in Argentina. I’m waiting, innocent, calmly,” Kyburg is seen telling a Bild reporter in the video.
Kyburg, who has dual Argentinian-German citizenship, escaped to Berlin in 2013, after fellow members of the military task force he belonged to were convicted in Argentina.
About 30,000 people are believed to have been murdered by Argentina’s dictatorship, which set up Nazi-style death camps where its victims were tortured and then killed, many of them thrown alive from military planes into the South Atlantic.
More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/17/luis-esteban-kyburg-argentina-dictatorship-berlin-germany
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Extradition refused, Argentinian ‘dirty war’ suspect hides in Berlin
AFP -July 17, 2020 7:11 PM
German authorities have rejected the demand for his extradition because Luis Esteban Kyburg (left) is a German citizen. (Bild website pic)
BERLIN: An Argentinian-German man wanted in Buenos Aires for crimes against humanity committed in the “dirty war” waged by the country’s former junta has been hiding in Berlin where authorities have refused his extradition, Bild daily reported Friday.
Luis Esteban Kyburg is accused of leading an Argentinian naval unit between 1976 and 1983 that was allegedly involved in torturing and killing abducted political opponents of the dictatorship.
Some 30,000 people were “disappeared” in the “dirty war” waged by Argentina’s last military dictatorship against suspected left-wing political critics.
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Kyburg’s “German citizenship must not shield him from prosecution”, warned Wolfgang Kaleck, human rights lawyer and ECCHR General Secretary.
More:
https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2020/07/17/extradition-refused-argentinian-dirty-war-suspect-hides-in-berlin/
