Argentina veterans divided over Falklands 'abuse' case
Seventy former Argentine army officers are accused of crimes against humanity for the alleged abuse, torture and, in one case, murder of their own troops during the 1982 war with Britain over the Falklands, or Malvinas, Islands. As the BBC's Angus Crawford reports, the case has divided Argentina's veteran community.
In 1982, Michael Savage was a student doing his military service, part of a force sent to invade the Falkland islands by the dictatorship then in power in Argentina.
One morning on patrol, his platoon came across a front line position.
"It was the coldest day of the war and, in the white snow, we saw a soldier staked to the ground, he was dying," he said.
I asked him who was responsible for staking out the young man.
He told me it was his own corporal.
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In 1982, Michael Savage was a student doing his military service, part of a force sent to invade the Falkland islands by the dictatorship then in power in Argentina.
One morning on patrol, his platoon came across a front line position.
"It was the coldest day of the war and, in the white snow, we saw a soldier staked to the ground, he was dying," he said.
I asked him who was responsible for staking out the young man.
He told me it was his own corporal.