Former Argentine military officers sentenced to life in murder case

Two former senior military officers have been found guilty of the murder of Bishop Enrique Angelelli in 1976, shortly after the junta seized power in Argentina.

Former army General Luciano Benjamin Menendez and former Vice-Commodore Luis Fernando Estrella were sentenced to life in prison for the killing.

The bishop, who was an outspoken left-wing member of the church, died in a car crash, and officials at the time claimed it was a traffic accident.

However new testimony from a priest, travelling with the bishop, said that their car was forced off the road.

Read more on the BBC.

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