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From the BBC:
17 May 2013 Last updated at 09:40 ET
Breaking News
Argentina ex-military leader Jorge Rafael Videla dies
Argentina's ex-military leader Jorge Rafael Videla has died aged 87
while serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity, local media
report.
He is said to have died of natural causes in prison.
The general was jailed in 2010 for the deaths of 31 dissidents during
the 1976-83 military dictatorship, of which he was overall leader until
1981.
Up to 30,000 people were tortured and killed during this period, in a
campaign known as the "Dirty War".
Gen Videla had been sentenced to life in prison for torture, murder and
other crimes in 1985, but was pardoned in 1990 under an amnesty given by
the president at the time, Carlos Menem.
In April 2010, the Supreme Court upheld a 2007 federal court move to
overturn his pardon.
Eight months later, he was found "criminally responsible" for the
torture and deaths of 31 prisoners in Cordoba and jailed for life.
Last year, the general was also convicted of overseeing the systematic
theft of babies from political prisoners.
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