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Dictatorship Minister Jailed in Paraguay
Asunción - Paraguayan humanitarian organizations
demanded a judicial process and punishment for
former minister Augusto Montanaro, accused of
torture during the dictatorship of Alfredo
Stroessner.
Montanaro was transferred to the Tacumbu national
prison in Asuncion, where he will receive medical
attention before being sent to a common cell.
Local media informed that Montanaro was met with
protests in Tacumbu by a group of prisoners, victims
of the dictatorship.
Montanaro, former Interior Minister, now 86 years
old, will be checked at Tacumbu for health problems.
Montanaro left Paraguay after the 1989 coup that
overthrew Alfredo Stroessner. He returned to the
country on May 1 from Honduras, where he lived for
20 years, and some say as a pastor. |
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