As quoted in anon (May 18, 2013) "Argentine 'Dirty War' leader Jorge Rafael Videla dies". ABC News.
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Let's say there were 7,000 or 8,000 people who had to die to win the war against subversion... We couldn't execute them by firing squad. Neither could we take them to court... For that reason, so as not to provoke protests inside and outside the country, the decision was reached that these people should be disappeared.

— Jorge Rafael Videla

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Jorge Rafael Videla

About Jorge Rafael Videla

Jorge Rafael Videla (2 August 1925 – 17 May 2013) was the military leader of Argentina from 1976 to 1981.