One of the genocides of the Argentine dictatorship dies

One of the main genocides of the period of the Argentine dictatorship (1976-1983) died on Saturday at the age of 93 while serving a life sentence, confirmed one of the plaintiff lawyers in one of his cases.

Miguel Osvaldo Etchecolatz, who was director of the Buenos Aires police, died in police custody at the Sarmiento de San Miguel Clinic, in the province of Buenos Aires, the official Argentine news agency Télam reported.

“Etchecolatz passed away. In a common prison and without saying where they are,” tweeted lawyer Guadalupe Godoy, alluding to the disappeared.

Born in 1929, Etchecolatz was serving life sentences after being accused of several crimes against humanity with different sentences, the last one issued last May, which were unified.

His name was also linked to the disappearance in democracy of the bricklayer Jorge Julio López, who was one of the determining witnesses for his conviction in 2006 in one of the cases. López has remained unaccounted for ever since. The ex-police officer never repented of his crimes and stated in his lifetime that he felt proud of having “defended the country.”

Married and with a daughter, she changed her last name and participated in demonstrations against the reduction of sentences for genocide, affirming that her father was “an infamous being, not a madman. An unscrupulous evil narcissist “, according to him, he declared in an interview with the Infobae media.

“Etchecolatz died, he was in a common prison until the last of his days. We got him convicted of genocide. He never said the fate of Clara Anahí Mariani or the disappeared and he was guaranteed impunity in the disappearance of Julio López, ”the national deputy, Myriam Bregman, tweeted.

“Etchecolatz was a clear example of those who die without ever showing repentance or compassion towards the victims or their families, taking information to the grave about the fate of the bodies or of the appropriate children,” said the secretary of Human Rights of Argentina, Horacio Pietragalla.

“His responsibility was investigated and judged in almost 20 cases for crimes against humanity committed within the illegal repressive structure set up by the Police of the Province of Buenos Aires in the so-called ‘Circuito Camps’. He had several life sentences, “the authority continued.

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