US EditionConvictions for the Most Serious Massacre in an Argentine Prison
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It happened in Buenos Aires during the military dictatorship: at least 65 people died, and the trial ended almost fifty years later
Argentina's Justice handed down a landmark judgement in the trial for the so-called 7th Pavilion Massacre, which took place on 14 March 1978 in Villa Devoto prison in Buenos Aires. The Federal Criminal Court No. 5 sentenced two former officials of the Federal Prison Service to 25 years' imprisonment for their responsibility for the acts that claimed the lives of dozens of detainees and left many injured, classifying the acts as serious violation…
11 years ago, in Diario Registrodo we followed closely the statement of crime against humanity of the case, and we released the documentary that had published the Seventh Pavilion Project, in charge of the lawyer Claudia Cesaroni, musicalized with the theme of the Indio. That achievement was the kick for this trial and historical ruling in which the Federal Oral Court 5 of the City of Buenos Aires considered that the facts were serious violation…
Editorial Canal Abierto This Thursday, December 11, the verdict of the oral trial was heard, which investigated the events of 14 March 1978 in the Seventh Pavilion of the Villa Devoto Prison Unit, in the City of Buenos Aires, where a violent search ended with a fire caused by the jailers and the death of 65 common prisoners. Federal Oral Court 5 (TOF 5) considered that the actions of the accused constituted torments followed by death and repeat…
Federal Oral Court No. 5 of the City of Buenos Aires sentenced to 25 years in prison two former officials of the Federal Prison Service (SPF) by the Massacre of the Seventh Pavilion of the Villa Devoto Prison (Comuna 11), which occurred on 14 March 1978. Former Director Juan Carlos Ruiz and former Chief of Security
Latin American Summary, December 12, 2025. Juan Carlos Ruiz and Horacio Martín Galíndez were sentenced to 25 years in prison for the tortures of 88 common detainees and torments followed by the death of 65 others in March 1978. The third defendant, Gregorio Zerda, was acquitted. In a historic trial for the crimes [...] La entrada Argentina. Historical condemnation of two former prisons by the Seventh Pavilion Massacre of the Devoto Penalty was f…
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