Emilio Massera, Leader of Brutal Argentine Junta, Dies at 85
BUENOS AIRES — Emilio Massera, a leader of the military junta of Argentina’s bloody dictatorship and the former head of the country’s most notorious political prison, where an estimated 5,000 people were tortured and killed, died here on Monday. He was 85.
His death, at a naval hospital, was caused by a cerebral hemorrhage, an army spokesman said. Mr. Massera had been mostly bedridden since 2002, when he had a stroke. He had been treated for a heart condition and dementia for years.
Mr. Massera, along with Jorge Videla and Orlando Agosti, formed the military junta that, on March 24, 1976, ousted President Isabel Perón, widow of Juan Domingo Perón, the founder of the country’s populist movement....
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His death, at a naval hospital, was caused by a cerebral hemorrhage, an army spokesman said. Mr. Massera had been mostly bedridden since 2002, when he had a stroke. He had been treated for a heart condition and dementia for years.
Mr. Massera, along with Jorge Videla and Orlando Agosti, formed the military junta that, on March 24, 1976, ousted President Isabel Perón, widow of Juan Domingo Perón, the founder of the country’s populist movement....