Vicente Massot, owner of Bahía Blanca-based newspaper La Nueva Provincia, has been summoned to testify in court on 18 March, in a groundbreaking move towards investigating the role of the media in the dictatorship.
La Nueva Provincia was known for its support of the military regime. Massot is also accused of killing two printshop workers and for helping the
military regime cover up and justify the abductions and forced
disappearances. The prosecutor’s indictment alleges his media group played a key role in
legitimising the genocide that the military dictatorship carried out.
The printshop
workers were trade unionists Enrique Heinrich and Miguel Ángel Loyola, who were both abducted on 30 June 1976. Their tortured remains were found on the embankment of Route 33, 17
kilometres from Bahía Blanca.
La Nueva Provincia owner to testify on dictatorship (Buenos Aires Herald)
Desde el diario a los tribunales (Pagina/12)
I was interested to note that the paper is still in existence and that it has reported on the upcoming testimony of its owner. It describes his court appearance as "spontaneous" and refers to the dictatorship as the "government of the national reorganisation process".
Massot declarará el lunes 18 de este mes (La Nueva)
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