The Observatory report covers the period 2020 – March 2022.
Processed in 2020
According to the study, on February 14, 2020, doctor Nelson Fornos (deceased) was prosecuted for “repeated crimes of abuse of authority against detainees.”
On March 26, 2020, retired Colonel Lawrie Rodríguez was prosecuted as co-author of a “very especially aggravated homicide” for the murder of anarchist militant Iván Morales, assassinated in 1974. The judge in the case was Isaura Tórtora.
While on May 25, 2020, soldiers José María Cabrera Rivas and Andrés Daniel Quintana García were prosecuted for the crimes of abuse of authority against detainees and deprivation of liberty.
On June 10, 2020, the prison sentence for “homicide” of retired soldier Leonardo Vidal (deceased) was issued.
While on July 10, Miguel Sofía was prosecuted under house arrest for the crimes of “conspiracy to commit a crime” and “very especially aggravated homicide”, in the “Death Squad” case.
On the other hand, on July 13, retired policeman Tabaré Sartorio was prosecuted for “three crimes of deprivation of liberty” and “four crimes of abuse against detainees.”
On July 15, Jorge Guldenzoph and José Lemos, two former agents of the National Directorate of Information and Intelligence (DNII), were prosecuted. Guldenzoph was prosecuted for “abuse of authority against detainees” and deprivation of liberty”; while Lemos was prosecuted twice for “three crimes of abuse against detainees.”
On July 28, two retired soldiers were prosecuted for the homicide of Julián Basilicio López, they are: Nelson Coitinho and Hugo Garciacelay, both for “very especially aggravated homicide.”
On August 4, retired military officer Víctor Stocco was prosecuted for “six crimes of abuse of authority against detainees” and “six crimes of serious, especially aggravated injuries.”
While on December 14, retired Colonel Mario Ramos was prosecuted for “repeated crimes of abuse of authority against detainees.”
Processed in 2021
On March 12, 2021, Ayelmiro Pereira was imprisoned for “three crimes of deprivation of liberty” and “four crimes of abuse of authority against detainees.”
While on March 19 the military (r) Antranig Ohanessian (for the crimes of “particularly aggravated deprivation of liberty”, “serious injuries” and “particularly aggravated private violence”) and Jorge Silveira for “five crimes of deprivation of liberty especially aggravated”, “six crimes of serious injuries”, and “six crimes of especially aggravated private violence”.
On April 16, former soldiers Ernesto Ramas, Jorge Silveira and retired Colonel José Nino Gavazzo (deceased) were arrested for the crimes of “deprivation of liberty” and “abuse of authority against detainees.”
On April 30, retired Colonel Eduardo Ferro, a former member of the intelligence services of the Army during the dictatorship, was prosecuted for: “two crimes of especially aggravated deprivation of liberty”, “private violence” and “very especially aggravated homicide”.
On June 3, the following were prosecuted with preventive detention: José Nino Gavazzo, Jorge Silveira, Mario Aguerrondo, Ernesto Rama, Rudyard Scioscia, Mario Frachelle and Mario Cola, for the crimes of “deprivation of liberty”, “private violence”.
On June 9, sentenced to prison: Pedro Enrique Buzó Correa, Antranig Ohannessian and Nelson Silvera Fonseca, as co-authors of a crime of “very especially aggravated homicide.”
On June 23, the following were prosecuted: Jorge Silveira and Ernesto Ramas for “four especially aggravated crimes of deprivation of liberty,” “three especially aggravated crimes of private violence,” “two crimes of serious injury,” and “very especially aggravated homicide.”
On July 6, 2021, Judge Ana de Salterain ordered the prosecution with imprisonment of: Jorge Silveira, José Ricardo Arab and Gilberto Vázquez (deceased) for “two crimes of deprivation of liberty”, two of “suppression of marital status” and “two child abandonment offences.
On August 10, retired soldiers Gustavo Mieres and Alberto Ballestrino Lawrie were prosecuted for “abuse of authority against detainees” and “very especially aggravated homicide.”
On September 14, the military officers Lawrie Rodríguez and Ariel Ubillos were prosecuted with prison for the crimes of “deprivation of liberty” and “very especially aggravated homicide.” On September 23, Enrique Uyterhoeven was prosecuted with imprisonment for crimes of “deprivation of liberty”, “abuse of authority against detainees” and “serious injuries”.
On October 4, Ramón Larrosa was imprisoned for “repeated crimes of abuse of authority against detainees”, “serious injuries”, deprivation of liberty”. On the 6th of the same month, Carlos Chaine was prosecuted for “repeated crimes of abuse of authority against detainees”, “serious injuries” and “four crimes of deprivation of liberty”. While on the 21st of the same month, Armando Méndez was prosecuted for the crime of “very especially aggravated homicide.”
Processed in 2022
Until March 11, 2022, the following were prosecuted: Armando Méndez and Antranig Ohanessian (both on March 7) for the crime of “very especially aggravated homicide”.
While on March 11, Dr. Ramón Rodríguez de Armas was prosecuted for the crime of “abuse of authority against the detainee.”
