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Traditional Catholic Faith => Politics and World Leaders => Topic started by: poche on May 25, 2013, 12:53:45 AM
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Former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who took power over Argentina in a 1976 coup and led a military junta that killed thousands of his fellow citizens in a dirty war to eliminate so-called "subversives," died quietly in his sleep Friday while serving life in prison for crimes against humanity. He was 87.
http://news.yahoo.com/argentine-dictator-videla-dies-prison-age-87-161710631.html
It was just about a day after Argentine strongman Jorge Rafael Videla had seized power in March of 1976, and the bloodletting was already beginning.
http://news.yahoo.com/reporter-remembers-fear-videlas-argentina-200923624.html