Former Argentine military officer fights extradition from US over 1972 massacre

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Former Argentine military officer fights extradition from US over 1972 massacre
CURT ANDERSON
AP Legal Affairs Writer
1:12 p.m. EDT, August 31, 2010

MIAMI (AP) — A former Argentine military officer is going to have to wait a little longer to find out if he will be sent to Argentina to stand trial on charges that he was involved in a 1972 massacre of leftist guerrillas.

A federal judge in Miami said at a hearing Tuesday he would issue a written decision in a few weeks in the case of 68-year-old Roberto Guillermo Bravo.

Argentina wants Bravo to face 16 counts of murder and other charges in the 1972 killings. Bravo's attorney says he is innocent and has been cleared by an Argentine military investigation.

Bravo also contends Argentine politics is behind the extradition.

Bravo is a naturalized U.S. citizen who has lived in South Florida since 1973.


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[Judi Lynn]

1. Argentina seeks ex-navy officer in US

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Victims of the Slaughter of Trelew.

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Roberto Guillermo Bravo - Masacre de Trelew

Earlier story from 2 years ago:

Argentina seeks ex-navy officer in US

Posted 3/6/2008 6:12 PM
By Laura Wides-Munoz, Associated Press Writer

MIAMI — A former Argentine navy lieutenant wanted for his alleged role in a 1972 massacre of 16 leftist guerrillas is now heading a medical personnel supply company that has contracts with the U.S. Defense Department.
A lawyer for Roberto Guillermo Bravo, 65, said Thursday his client denies the massacre charges and will fight extradition.

"Anything that he did while he was in the Argentinean military was done in a legal manner, and he was not involved in any execution-style killings," said attorney Neal Sonnett.

Bravo's Miami-based company, RGB Group Inc., places workers in positions in the health care and security industries. Its Web site lists numerous federal agencies as "satisfied clients,' including the Army, the Marines, the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the Department of Health and Human Services.

"The RGB Group is a company that the Defense Department does business with," Pentagon spokesman Chris Isleib said. "These are serious allegations, and we are taking a hard look at them."

Since last month, an Argentine federal judge has been seeking Bravo and two others on charges of torture, homicide, attempted homicide and illegal detentions in the so-called "Trelew Massacre."

Nineteen guerrillas were allegedly machine-gunned in their cells at a military base days after being recaptured following a prison break. Three prisoners survived the attack and reported the crime.

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-03-06-3166117442_x.htm