Word: arguindegui
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...verdict. Alfonsin, under pressure from human rights groups to keep a promise that he would make the military account for the crimes, handed the case to the civil courts. It was a decision criticized by the military, including Alfonsin's own first Chief of Staff, retired General Jorge Arguindegui, who declared that the trial would be "a Nuremberg in reverse" because the "victors" in the war against subversion would be judged by the "vanquished...
...strongest action was the forced retirement of General Jorge H. Arguindegui, who was named Chief of Staff by Alfonsin shortly after the President took office. General Ricardo Pianta, a career officer said to be independent of both the nationalist and conservative wings within the armed forces, was appointed to succeed Arguindegui. For the moment there appeared to be no threat of a military coup. But there was an ominous warning: as the dismissals were being announced, a bomb exploded on the roof of a Buenos Aires TV station that was airing the details of an official report on the abuses...
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