Extraditions of ex-cops to Argentina may go forward following Cabinet’s move
Argentinean judge is investigating two former officers for torture in the 1960s and 1970s
The Cabinet on Friday agreed to allow the extradition process to continue against two former Spanish police officials who are wanted in Argentina, where a judge is conducting an investigation into human rights crimes committed during the Franco dictatorship.
The government’s action allows the High Court to carry out its proceedings against Juan Antonio González Pacheco, known as “Billy the Kid,” who is wanted for allegedly torturing 13 people between 1971 and 1975, and former civil guard Jesús Muñecas Aguilar, who is wanted for torturing people at the Zarautz prison in Gipuzkoa in 1968 and 1969.
The Cabinet’s decision is merely a procedure and doesn’t mean that the two former security officers will be handed over to Argentina.
Buenos Aires Judge María Servini had also asked for the extraditions of two other men, including one who served as King Juan Carlos’s bodyguard, but they have since died.
High Court Judge Pablo Ruz will decide whether González and Muñecas should be extradited.
Tu suscripción se está usando en otro dispositivo
¿Quieres añadir otro usuario a tu suscripción?
Si continúas leyendo en este dispositivo, no se podrá leer en el otro.
FlechaTu suscripción se está usando en otro dispositivo y solo puedes acceder a EL PAÍS desde un dispositivo a la vez.
Si quieres compartir tu cuenta, cambia tu suscripción a la modalidad Premium, así podrás añadir otro usuario. Cada uno accederá con su propia cuenta de email, lo que os permitirá personalizar vuestra experiencia en EL PAÍS.
¿Tienes una suscripción de empresa? Accede aquí para contratar más cuentas.
En el caso de no saber quién está usando tu cuenta, te recomendamos cambiar tu contraseña aquí.
Si decides continuar compartiendo tu cuenta, este mensaje se mostrará en tu dispositivo y en el de la otra persona que está usando tu cuenta de forma indefinida, afectando a tu experiencia de lectura. Puedes consultar aquí los términos y condiciones de la suscripción digital.
Últimas noticias
More than 40 Democratic lawmakers urge Trump in a letter to stop his ‘attempts to undermine democracy in Brazil’
The journal ‘Science’ criticizes Trump’s anti-renewable energy policy: ‘The US is failing to benefit from its own innovations’
Cubans hope for a miracle as dengue and chikungunya spread
The long shadow of the father figure in the films of Rob Reiner
Most viewed
- Christian Louboutin: ‘Young people don’t want to be like their parents. And if their parents wear sneakers, they’re going to look for something else’
- Cartels in Mexico take a leap forward with narco-drones: ‘It is criminal groups that are leading the innovation race’
- ‘El Limones’ and the growing union disguise of Mexican organized crime
- Liset Menéndez de la Prida, neuroscientist: ‘It’s not normal to constantly seek pleasure; it’s important to be bored, to be calm’
- The low-cost creative revolution: How technology is making art accessible to everyone
