Former head of Argentine air force on trial for abduction
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The former head of Argentina's air force and two ex-subordinates are on trial for alleged abduction and disappearance of activists during the South American nation's 1976-1983 dictatorship.
Omar Graffigna, who today is 90 years old, is accused of abducting activist couple Patricia Roisinblit and Jose Manuel Perez Rojo in 1978.
Roisinblit was eight months pregnant when she, Perez Rojo, and a 15-month-old daughter were taken to a clandestine detention center. What happened to the couple is unknown.
Omar Graffigna, who was head of the Air Force during Argentina's military dictatorship, is escorted by police in handcuffs to his trial where he is accused of crimes against humanity in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, May 4, 2016. The trial investigates Graffigna and two of his former subordinates for the forced disappearances of Patricia Roisinblit, who was eight months pregnant, and her husband Jose Manuel Perez Rojo. Roisinblit's son, who was born in captivity, was raised by one of the men on trial. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Guillermo Perez Roisinblit, the son Roisinblit gave birth to during detention, is a plaintiff in the trial that began this week. He was adopted by another family.
Rights groups estimate 30,000 people were killed or disappeared during the dictatorship. Hundreds of former military officials have been convicted.
Guillermo Roisinblit, who was born in captivity to Patricia Roisinblit during Argentina's dictatorship and raised by another family, attends the trial of the man who raised him, Francisco Gomez, and two others in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, May 4, 2016. The trial investigates Omar Graffigna, who was the head of Argentina's Air Force during the military dictatorship, and two of his subordinates for the forced disappearances of Patricia Roisinblit, who was eight months pregnant with Guillermo, and her husband Jose Manuel Perez Rojo. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Francisco Gomez, right, attends his trial for crimes against humanity with two other men in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, May 4, 2016. The trial investigates Omar Graffigna, left, who was the head of Argentina's Air Force during the military dictatorship, and two of his subordinates for the forced disappearances of Patricia Roisinblit, who was eight months pregnant, and her husband Jose Manuel Perez Rojo. Gomez raised Patricia's child, Guillermo, who attended the trial. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
