One of Argentina's most feared former military leaders goes on trial Tuesday on charges of kidnapping, torturing and killing left-wing militants during the 1976-83 dictatorship.
Former army chief Luciano Benjamin Menendez will be tried in the northern city of Cordoba, where he commanded the regional Third Army Corps for five years.
Menendez and seven other former army officers are being prosecuted for the killing of Hilda Palacios, Humberto Brandalisi, Carlos Laja and Ruben Cardozo, who were kidnapped in November 1977. Prosecutors say they were taken to the clandestine prison and torture center known as La Perla on the outskirts of Cordoba.
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