Seven former military and police personnel have been jailed for "crimes against humanity committed in the international context of genocide", by a court in Argentina, earlier this week.
The individuals werefound guilty of crimes committed during the country's military rule from1976-83, where some 16,000 people were thought to have disappeared.
The seven individuals, who range from age 69 to 82, were handed life sentences. A further three former securty force members were handed sentences between five and eighteen years.
The case is another in a series of prosecutions that began in 2003, after the country voted to revoke an amnesty granted to former military officials from the dictatorship era.
