Alfredo Astiz
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'''Alfredo Ignacio Astiz''' (born 8 November 1951) is |
'''Alfredo Ignacio Astiz''' (born 8 November 1951) is an Argentine former military [[Commander (naval)|commander]], intelligence officer, and naval [[commando]] who served in the [[Argentine Navy]] during the military dictatorship of [[Jorge Rafael Videla]] during the [[Proceso de Reorganización Nacional]] (1976–1983). A convicted war criminal, he was known as ''El Ángel Rubio de la Muerte'' (the "Blond [[Personifications of death|Angel of Death]]"), and had a reputation as a torturer. He was discharged from the military in 1998 after defending his actions in a press interview. |
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He was a member of GT 3.3.2 (Task Group 3.3.2) based in the Naval Mechanics School ([[Navy Petty-Officers School|ESMA]]) in [[Buenos Aires]] during the [[Dirty War]] of 1976–1983. The school was adapted as a secret detention and torture center for political prisoners. As many as 5,000 [[political prisoner]]s were interrogated, [[torture]]d and murdered in the ESMA during those years. GT 3.3.2 was involved in some of the 8,961 deaths and other crimes documented by a [[CONADEP|national commission]] after the restoration of democratic government in Argentina in 1983. |
He was a member of GT 3.3.2 (Task Group 3.3.2) based in the Naval Mechanics School ([[Navy Petty-Officers School|ESMA]]) in [[Buenos Aires]] during the [[Dirty War]] of 1976–1983. The school was adapted as a secret detention and torture center for political prisoners. As many as 5,000 [[political prisoner]]s were interrogated, [[torture]]d and murdered in the ESMA during those years. GT 3.3.2 was involved in some of the 8,961 deaths and other crimes documented by a [[CONADEP|national commission]] after the restoration of democratic government in Argentina in 1983. |
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