Tuesday, September 26, 2023
name of Prensa Latina
Bandera inglesa
English Edition
name of Prensa Latina

NEWS

NEWS

Chilean torturer awaits extradition from Argentina

Santiago de Chile, Jun 6 (Prensa Latina) Doctor Manfredo Jurgensen Caesar, convicted in Chile for serious human rights violations during the military dictatorship (1973-1990), awaits extradition from Argentina, where he was arrested.

He was part of a medical team at the service of the former National Intelligence Center (CNI), whose purpose was to keep alive prisoners subjected to torture in the regime’s clandestine prisons.

Although the exact number of victims who passed through his hands is unknown, in recent January a court sentenced him to eight years in prison for the death in 1979 of Professor Federico Alvarez, a militant of the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR).

After the end of the dictatorship, the doctor had a normal life, he was the personal physician of former President Sebastián Piñera and, although he did not engage in political activities, one of his brothers, Harry Jurgensen, was governor of the southern Lakes Region.

When he was finally brought to trial along with other repressors, he remained free despite the seriousness of his crimes and this allowed him to flee after the sentence was pronounced.

His arrest occurred over the weekend at Argentina’s Ezeiza International Airport, moments before boarding a flight to Germany.

The Chilean judicial authorities are currently moving forward with extradition proceedings for the torturing doctor, who will have to remain in prison for the duration of the process.

mh/arm/ro/car/ea

LATEST NEWS
RELATED
name of Prensa Latina

| Text SMS to 8100 with content PL
Receive 4 mesages x 25 cup

© 2016-2021 Prensa Latina
Latin American News Agency

Radio – Publications  – Videos – News by the minute.
All Rigts Reserved.

St. E No 454 , Vedado,  Habana, Cuba.
Phones: (+53) 7 838 3496, (+53) 7 838 3497, (+53) 7 838 3498, (+53) 7 838 3499
Prensa Latina © 2021 .

Web Site developed by IT Division  Prensa Latina.