By Leandro Filozof
For over two decades enjoyed a pass freedom that allowed him to avoid courtroom, courts and prosecution, which allowed him, in short, to elude justice. One of the ironies of the nineties was that a man accused of crimes against humanity had such preferential treatment.
But the presidential pardon granted in 1989 to Jose Alfredo Martinez de Hoz by President Carlos Saul Menem was annulled by the Supreme Court and the ideologue of the economic model of the military dictatorship should sit in the dock acusados.La because it was worth the high court's ruling is investigating the kidnapping for ransom of businessman Federico Gutheim and his son Michael, who were detained illegally force them to renegotiate an export contract with English and Chinese traders after the Gutheim make decisions that resulted in the denial of a credit line that benefited Martinez de Hoz.
addition of former finance minister, are accused Jorge Rafael Videla and Albano Harguindeguy, already in custody on other charges. In 2006, Judge Norberto Oyarbide declared unconstitutional the pardons and the Second Division of the Federal Court upheld the decision in April 2008.
The extraordinary appeal filed by the defense lawyers for Martinez de Hoz was rejected by a majority in the highest court of Nación.A of the ruling could advance other causes he is also involved Martínez de Hoz.
It links to the murder of Juan Carlos Casariego of Bel, director of the Research Registry, which occurred after he refused to sign the opinion of nationalization of the Company Italo Argentina de Electricidad, which is also investigating Oyarbide record. And is accused also of being the civilian head of the 1976 coup in the case being conducted by the judge Ariel Lijo. The possibility of prosecuting Martinez de Hoz was added to the trial of Juan Alemann, former Secretary of Finance of the dictatorship.
Undersecretary for Human Rights Luis Alem said that "such processes open the doors to the judicial debate over the actions of civilians during the military government, events over which the courts have not yet been issued. Accustomed to the impunity that protected him all these years, Martinez de Hoz not hesitate to issue a requested him to denounce persecution. Under the heading "Again with Martinez de Hoz. An endless pursuit, "occupies half a page in the newspapers Clarin and La Nacion, free of answers and clarifications.
The last paragraph of the advertisement reads: "... in Argentina today, with its institutions degraded the rule of law reduced to a mere appearance and a government that continues to openly promote engagement among Argentines, it seems that there are institutional restraints that contain lengthy cruelty and persecution against me, which is unprecedented in the country. " Forget
Martinez de Hoz their role during the de facto government, where to apply an economic model that squandered the resources of a country, state terrorism applied to persecution, kidnapping, robbery and murder babies. Forget also the former minister who is accused in more than a crime against humanity. Crimes that do not prescribe and according to the Court Supreme "... because of their gravity are contrary not only to the Constitution, but also the entire international community." Without the free pass that gave the Menem administration, Martinez de Hoz now be held accountable like any mortal
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