New Argentine Government Rejects Spanish Extradition Requests

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Tuesday, February 1, 2000
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
16
Issue: 
2
Abstract: 
On January 4, 2000, the de la Rua Administration in Argentina rejected a Spanish extradition request for 48 men accused of human rights crimes during the "dirty war" of the 1970s on the basis that such crimes were within the jurisdiction of Argentina.