The Human Rights Secretariat, headed by Horacio Pietragalla, reiterated this Saturday its commitment to “continue supporting judicial processes in other countries” that seek to “guarantee the extradition or trial abroad” of repressors accused of trials against humanity in the country, after the sentence pronounced this Friday in the United States against former marine Roberto Guillermo Bravo for the Trelew Massacre.
“From the Secretariat we reaffirm our commitment to continue supporting judicial processes in other countries, which aim to guarantee the extradition or trial abroad of the repressors accused of trials against humanity in our country,” the agency highlighted from its account. from Twitter.
Trelew Massacre: Yesterday, former marine Roberto Guillermo Bravo was found guilty in the civil trial held in a court in Florida, in the United States, for his responsibility in the Trelew Massacre, which occurred almost 50 years ago. years, on August 22, 1972. pic.twitter.com/GVohrgzTRa
— Human Rights Secretariat (@SDHArgentina) July 2, 2022
Bravo was sentenced to pay compensation of 27 million dollars to the relatives of the victims of the Trelew Massacre by a court in the southern district of Florida, in the United States, sources in the lawsuit informed Télam.
The sentence was known after a civil trial in which the ex-military’s responsibility in the execution of 16 political prisoners perpetrated on August 22, 1972 at the Almirante Zar de la Armada base, which will soon be they are 50 years old.
Meanwhile, from the secretary they valued the “important work carried out by CELS and the Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA) that has allowed the holding of this emblematic trial.”
“Trelew Massacre: Yesterday, former marine Roberto Guillermo Bravo was found guilty in the civil trial held in a court in Florida, in the United States, for his responsibility in the Trelew Massacre, which occurred almost 50 years, on August 22, 1972”, they specified in the networks from the organization that leads Pietragalla Corti.
And they explained that “although he will not go to jail, Bravo, who had never before been tried for these crimes, will have to pay compensation of more than USD 20 million to relatives of 4 of the victims of the Massacre: Eduardo Cappello, Rubén Bonet and Ana María Villareal de Santucho and Alberto Camps”.
