Extradition for Peron rejected
From Times Wire Reports
Spain’s National Court rejected a request from Buenos Aires for the extradition of former Argentine President Isabel Peron on charges of human rights abuses.
In two rulings, the court said the charges did not constitute crimes against humanity and that the statute of limitations for the offenses of which Peron is accused expired after 20 years. The rulings may be appealed.
Argentine judges want to question Peron over death squad activity during her rule and the disappearance of two young leftists in 1976.
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