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Uruguay court convicts seven retired military officers of dictatorship-era crimes

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The former officers were standing trial for proceedings opened in 2018, for deprivation of liberty and torture carried out against leftist activists arrested between 1975 and 1977 in the clandestine detention center known as 'Inferno Grande.'

A Uruguayan court has convicted seven retired military officers of crimes committed during the country's dictatorship (1973-1985); the length of the sentences to be served has not yet been determined.

The former officers were standing trial for proceedings opened in 2018, charged with deprivation of liberty and torture against leftist activists arrested between 1975 and 1977 in the . . .

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