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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.

After the brief war with Britain, Argentine forces were defeated, and soon after the dictatorship fell.

The conscripts were sent home and, according to Michael, no-one wanted to hear their stories.

The brutality inflicted on civilians by the dictatorship was slowly revealed. Some 30,000 people had disappeared.

But no-one wanted to hear the stories from the conscripts.

Mario Volpe is a veteran, and explains that the military used the law to silence them.

Read entire article at BBC