14 April 2010

Dirty War pilot extradited to Argentina

Back in September I posted an item about the arrest of Transavia pilot Julio Alberto Poch at Valencia airport.

Poch, was a military pilot at Argentina's Naval Mechanics School, a butal torture and detention centre during the Dirty War. He is alleged to have been involved in the so-called "death flights", in which political prisoners of Argentina's military were drugged and dumped into the sea from the planes.

Poch had boasted about hurling drugged prisoners into the River Plate or the Atlantic Ocean during Argentina's Dirty War."He told me that on board his planes, people were thrown into the sea while still alive with the goal of killing them, and he justified the practice by saying that the people were terrorists," one fellow pilot stated.

It is pleasing to report that Spain approved his extradition to Argentina to face charges on Friday.

If this is true then the bastard can rot in jail then rot in hell

3 comments:

Sean Jeating said...

Agreed, Jams.
And now for something completely different. Or not.
Did you read this?

Back?
And?
Interesting, hm?
Now that's Spain.
Let's take a look a Hungary (Jobbik), Russia, South Africa, Germany, U.S.A. ahem - England, Ireland.
Fascims still's obviously a fascinosum /sic), an enthrallment.
Always looking on the bright side of the bicycle.

susan said...

It's good to know people accused of such terrible crimes are still being brought to face trial somewhere. I know another country where nobody has yet been charged. Oops, since Nuremburg the fashion has been to blame those who obeyed the orders rather than the ones who gave them.

jams o donnell said...

That made depressiong news Sean. Fascisrs and neo nazis seem to have a direct line to people's re[tile brains the bastards.

I wonder which country Susan!