Argentine ex-president arrested

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Argentine ex-president arrested
BBC

January 12, 2007
Police in Spain have arrested Argentine ex-President Isabel Peron over the 1976 disappearance of a leftist activist.

An Argentine judge on Thursday issued a warrant for her arrest, in connection with a right-wing paramilitary group active during her time in office.

The group, known as Triple A, allegedly conducted targeted killings of left-wing opponents on government orders in the 1970s.

Mrs Peron is also the third wife of ex-President Juan Domingo Peron.

She took over from him when he died in 1974.

Argentina was wracked by violence and killings in the period after she came to power.

Mrs Peron was removed by a military coup in 1976, and has been living in Spain since 1981.

The judge, Raul Acosta, alleges that the disappearance of the activist, Hector Aldo Fagetti Gallego, was in effect authorised by her signature of three decrees allowing Argentina's armed forces to take action against "subversives".

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