Chile
A judge ordered the arrest on Tuesday of eight retired police and
military officers in connection with the kidnapping and disappearance of
Boris Weisfeiler, an American university professor who disappeared while hiking in Chile in 1985.
Chilean Ex-Officers Charged in 1985 Kidnapping of U.S. Hiker (NY Times)
Colombia
Retired Colombian general Rito Alejo Del Rio has been sentenced to 25 years in
prison for the murder of a peasant decapitated by a right-wing death
squad in the late 1990s. Del Rio did not physically participate in the murder but allowed far-right militias to operate with
impunity in the Uraba region, where he commanded the
army’s 17th Brigade.
Retired General Sentenced for Death Squad Killing (NY Times)
Guatemala
A former head of Guatemala's police force, Pedro Garcia Arredondo, has been sentenced to 70 years
in prison for the 1981 kidnapping of a student during the country's brutal
civil war.
Guatemala ex-police chief jailed for civil war kidnap (BBC)
Spain/LatAm
This is not specifically about the disappeared children of Argentina, but a profile of Dr. José A. Lorente, whose genetics work has helped to identify missing children in various countries including Peru and Guatemala.
Putting Genetics to Work to Find Missing Children (NY Times)
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