Thrown Into The Sea

The National Commission on the Disappeared, presided over by the writer Ernesto Sabato, delivers its report to the president. The report states that human rights were violated in an institutional and state-ordained manner and that after being tortured the disappeared were thrown into the river or into the sea. Nine thousand cases are verified, with the names and surnames of the deceased, but the actual figure is believed to be higher. In a collective response, the Supreme Council affirms that the orders given by the former commanders were perfectly correct. The Federal Chamber removes the case from the military courts and carries on with the trial, which is extended to include the two military juntas that succeeded the first one. In all, nine former military leaders are charged, three of whom were also de facto presidents.

Horacio Verbitsky's Confessions of an Argentine Dirty Warrior