BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – An Argentine judge has issued arrest and extradition warrants for two ex-ministers of Francisco Franco’s regime and 18 others, invoking “universal jurisdiction” for serious rights abuses. Buenos Aires Judge María Servini de Cubría issued the warrants for about 20 Spanish nationals. The Spaniards included the two former ministers Rodolfo Martín Villa, 79, who was Franco’s interior minister, and José Utrera Molina, 86, who was housing minister under Franco, Read more [...]

An Argentinian judge has opened old wounds from Spain’s dictatorship by ordering some of General Franco’s former ministers to face justice for alleged killings. Groups campaigning for justice for people tortured and killed under Francisco Franco hailed the “historic” move to demand the extradition of 20 Spanish officials including several ex-ministers. They have also welcomed moves to investigate allegations that hundreds of thousands of babies were stolen from left-wing Read more [...]

The wife of Dr. Julio Schlosser, the president of an umbrella Jewish community organization in Argentina known as DAIA, was shot by an unknown assailant on Saturday during a robbery in Buenos Aires. Mrs. Schlosser was wounded by the gunfire and is currently hospitalized in intensive care. The intruder reportedly shot at the couple while they were visiting friends in Buenos Aires’ Flores neighborhood. Two individuals who were riding a motorcycle attacked the Schlossers and fired gunshots at them. Read more [...]