(Today) at 9.30 am, we will gather ... to call on the judges not to grant benefits to the genocidal Etchecolatz,” HIJOS La Plata said. “No to the house arrest of Etchecolatz. The Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, the Permanent Assembly for Human Rights (APDH) and HIJOS La Plata, among other rights groups, will stage a protest march alongside survivors and families of those disappeared during the last military dictatorship outside the La Plata courthouse this morning to demand that Etchecolatz remain behind bars. His legal team are demanding that he be allowed to serve his multiple sentences under house arrest due to health concerns. “Because of my orders and hierarchy, I had to kill people, but I do not know how many,” he told a court in La Plata.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald August 10, 2016 05:47 UTC