Story highlights Sentences range from 541 days to 20 yearsConvictions centered on 16 militants abducted by agents in the 1970's(CNN) A Chilean judge sentenced 106 former intelligence agents for their role in the kidnappings and disappearances of 16 leftist militants during the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship. According to the 714-page ruling Friday night, the sentences range from 541 days to 20 years. The convictions are the result of one of the largest mass prosecutions in Chile related to human rights abuses during Pinochet's rule from 1973-1990. The convictions centered on 16 leftist militants who were abducted by agents of the National Intelligence Directorate between June 1974 and January 1975, transported to various detention centers and never seen again. Several of the intelligence agents sentenced are already serving sentences for other human rights violation convictions.

Source: CNN June 03, 2017 09:33 UTC