Paraguay

Eusebio Torres participating via video link in the reconstruction of the crimes for which he was sentenced, on February 20, to 30 years in prison, in Paraguay. Photo: Someone holds a smartphone showing a video of Eusebio Torres.

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In Paraguay, a symbolic judgment on the dictatorship

20 February 2024 by AFP

On February 20, 87-year-old former police officer Eusebio Torres was sentenced by the Paraguayan courts to 30 years in prison for torture committed in 1976 during the military dictatorship. Because of his age, he will not go to pr [...]