Argentine 'dirty war' general sentenced to life for kidnap, torture and murder of 22 leftists

Some of the most notorious figures of Argentina's "dirty war" were convicted Thursday of kidnapping, torturing and murdering 22 people at the beginning of the 1976-1983 military dictatorship when the country cracked down on leftist dissent.

Family members of the victims cheered and hugged as a judge handed down the sentences for Gen. Luciano Menendez and former police intelligence chief Roberto Albornoz: life in prison for crimes against humanity committed at a secret detention center in provincial Tucuman.

Two former police officers — brothers Luis Armando de Candido and Carlos Esteban de Candido — were sentenced to 18 and 3 years, respectively....