Miguel Etchecolatz

BUENOS AIRES: A court in Argentina on Friday ordered an octogenarian former police chief convicted of execution and torture to return to prison after his home detention sparked protests. Miguel Etchecolatz, 88, is serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity carried out during the South American ...

A court in Argentina has granted house arrest to an 88-year-old former police officer who was serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity. Miguel Etchecolatz headed police investigations in Buenos Aires province from 1976 to late 1977, when Argentina was ruled by a military junta. Etchecolatz ...

The former officer was the head of the Bueno Aires police in the first years of the military dictatorship. Miguel Etchecolatz, a former senior police officer during the U.S. backed Dirty War in Argentina in the 1970's and 80's, was granted house arrest on Wednesday. RELATED: Argentina Sentences 6 to Life in ...