Reaction from mothers of disappeared persons after ex-dictator Videla dies in prison скачать в хорошем качестве

Reaction from mothers of disappeared persons after ex-dictator Videla dies in prison

(17 May 2013) 1. Mid of Estela de Carlotto (left), president of Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, a human rights group, getting ready to begin press conference 2. Mid of two members of the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo both wearing pins with photos of missing relatives 3. Mid of an old newspaper article with the photos of Jorge Rafael Videla, late former Argentine dictator (right) and and General Reynaldo Bignone (left) in the trial that convicted them of implementing a systematic plan to steal the babies of political prisoners 4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Estela de Carlotto, president of Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo: "He has left the face of the earth, fortunately, that's the general sense in the country. A genocidist, an inhumane man. A man without any scruples who along with his minions devised a plan of extermination. " 5. Cutaway to media 6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Carlos Pizzoni, son of couple who went missing during Videla dictatorship: "It leaves a bitter taste that he left with his secrets, knowing where the bodies of our missing are located, the disappeared, knowing where the young people are who still need to be recovered. But we are very happy that we are living this historic moment, to be able to know that those who killed our parents are in prison, are being condemned and they are getting a fair trial with due process. " 7. Various of Carlotto and other activists during news conference 8. Wide exterior shot of venue of press conference STORYLINE: The death of former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla has been met with relief by a human rights group that played a key role in his conviction for stealing the babies of prisoners. Videla died on Friday of natural causes while serving life sentences in prison for crimes against humanity. He was 87. He was described as "a genocidist, an inhumane man," by Estela de Carlotto, the president of the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, the human rights group whose evidence-gathering efforts were key to the trial that convicted Videla. "He has left the face of the earth, fortunately, that's the general sense in the country," she said, "a man without any scruples who along with his minions devised a plan of extermination. " Videla, General Reynaldo Bignone and a handful of other retired military and police officials were accused of systematically stealing babies from leftists who were kidnapped and killed when a military junta ran the country three decades ago. Videla was convicted and sentenced in July 2012 to 50 years in prison for the baby thefts. The baby thefts set Argentina's 1976-1983 regime apart from all the other juntas that ruled in Latin America at the time. Videla, other military and police officials were determined to remove any trace of the armed leftist guerrilla movement they said threatened the country's future. Many were pregnant women who were "disappeared" shortly after giving birth in clandestine maternity wards. The Grandmothers group, other relatives who searched for their missing loved ones, and people who learned as young adults that they were raised by the very people involved in the disappearance of their birth parents all testified in the baby theft trial against Videla. The Grandmothers group also used DNA evidence to help 106 people who were stolen from prisoners as babies recover their true identities and 26 of these cases were part of that trial. The rights group estimates as many as 500 babies could have been stolen in all, but the destruction of documents and passage of time make it impossible to know for sure. Human rights activists believe the real number was as high as 30-thousand. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...