Argentine ex-general held on torture, murder charges

Chicago Sun-Times | January 27, 1987 | Copyright

SAN FRANCISCO A former Argentine general accused in the torture and murder of thousands of leftists in the 1970s was denied bail by a U.S. magistrate yesterday while his country prepares an extradition case against him.

Guillermo Suarez Mason, Argentina's most-wanted military fugitive, was arrested Saturday by U.S. marshals at a two-story home he and his wife, Angelica, had rented in Foster City near San Francisco.

Suarez Mason, as commander of the First Army Group from 1976-79, was responsible for the Buenos Aires area when a military junta launched an offensive against the left in ...

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