Albano Harguindeguy
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Albano Eduardo Harguindeguy (11 February 1927[1] – 29 October 2012) was a general of the Argentine Army, and the interior minister of Argentina under dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, during the National Reorganization Process (1976–1983).
Albano Harguindeguy | |
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Military service | |
Allegiance | Argentina |
Branch/service | Argentine Army |
Rank | Division General, pre-1991 epaulette |
Harguindeguy, allegedly involved in human rights abuses, benefitted from the pardon of President Carlos Menem in 1989, along with other members of the dictatorship. In 2004 he refused to testify before a judge investigating illegal detentions and killings under Operation Condor, and he was put under house arrest.[2][3] In 2006, another judge struck down Harguindeguy's pardon, along with that of Videla and of fellow minister José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz, as unconstitutional.[4]
He died on 29 October 2012 at age 85, while under house arrest.[5]