Bussi y Menéndez (Causa Vargas Aignasse s/ Secuestro y desaparición)

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Court	Federal Criminal Tribunal of Tucumán,, Argentina
Case number	V-03/08
Decision title	Judgment
Decision date	28 August 2008
Parties	The Prosecutor Luciano Benjamín Menendez Antonio Domingo Bussi
Other names	Vargas Aignasse case
Categories	Crimes against humanity, Genocide, Human rights violations
Keywords	illegal detention, murder, Extraordinary rendition, forced disappearance
Links	Fundamentos del fallo (fundaments of the judgment - in Spanish only)

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Court's holding and analysis

Menéndez and Bussi were found guilty of the forced disappearance and murder of politician Guillermo Vargas Aignasse and sentenced to a(nother) life sentence.

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Related cases

• Luciano Menéndez y otros (Causa Brandalisis).
• Antonio Domingo Bussi v. Estado Nacional (Congreso de la Nación - Cámara de Diputados) s/  incorporación a la Cámara de Diputados.

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Additional materials

• TRIAL Fact Sheet: Luciano Benjamín Menendez.
• TRIAL Fact Sheet: Antonio Domingo Bussi.
• VIDEO: Lectura del veredicto