Argentina Seeks to Punish Falklands War Transgressors
Argentina will insist on punishment for any British veterans of the 1982 Falklands war who may be found guilty of crimes against Argentine prisoners, President Carlos Menem said Tuesday.
Britain’s metropolitan police are probing allegations made by veterans of both sides that British soldiers had tortured and shot Argentine prisoners during the 10-week war in the South Atlantic.
The allegations were first aired in 1992 by Vincent Bramley, a former British paratrooper, in his book “Excursion to Hell.”
The Argentine Defense Ministry last year opened its own inquiry into the alleged war crimes after Scotland Yard started its probe.
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