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Trial of ‘Dirty War’ Suspect Begins in Spain

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From Times Wire Reports

A former Argentine navy officer who once admitted to killing political opponents by throwing them from airplanes during his country’s 1976-83 “dirty war” became the first person to be tried in Spain for crimes against humanity committed in another nation.

Adolfo Scilingo, 58, who has been on a hunger strike since mid-December, arrived at Madrid’s National Court in an ambulance and suffered a dizzy spell, forcing the first session to start late and end early.

He mumbled unintelligibly when he took the stand.

The trial is expected to last a month.

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