Juan Lombardo
Juan José Lombardo, born 19 March 1927 in Salto, Buenos Aires province, is a retired Argentine Vice Admiral imprisoned for crimes against humanity. He was the commander-in-chief of the Teatro de Operaciones del Atlántico sur (TOAS, South Atlantic Theatre of Operations) during the 1982 Falklands War. He was also the mastermind of Operation Rosario, the Argentine invasion of the Falklands.[1] In 2010 he was put under house arrest for crimes against humanity (lesa humanidad) committed in Argentina during the 1976-1980 dictatorship.[2] He was later one of the 63 accused of such crimes during the dictatorship in a series of trial known as the "ESMA mega-trial". In February 2016 he received a third[3] sentence of life imprisonment.[4]
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Notes
- ↑ El doble ultraje de Malvinas by Pedro Pesatti (Spanish)
- ↑ Irán a juicio oral 15 acusados de crímenes de lesa humanidad (Spanish)
- ↑ "Mar del Plata: comienzan los alegatos en el juicio Base Naval" [Mar del Plata: hearings begin in the Naval Base trial]. Infojus Noticias (National Juridical News Agency) (in Spanish). 9 December 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ↑ "Causa Base Naval: condenaron a 12 represores; nueve de ellos a prisión perpetua" [Naval Base trial: 12 sentenced; 9 of them to life imprisonment]. Mdphoy.com (in Spanish). 25 February 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
References
- Summary of Main Argentine Naval Invasion Forces
- Argentine airpower in the Falklands War: an operational view - Features
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