Omar Graffigna | |
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Birth name | Omar Domingo Rubens Graffigna |
Born | Clarke, Santa Fe Province[1] | April 2, 1926
Died | December 9, 2019 Buenos Aires | (aged 93)
Allegiance | Argentina |
Service | Argentine Air Force |
Years of service | 1944–1981 |
Rank | Brigadier General |
Commands | Chief of the General Staff (1979–81) |
Battles / wars | |
Conviction(s) | Crimes against humanity, including kidnapping, torture and murder |
Criminal penalty | 25 years in prison |
Date apprehended | 2013 |
Omar Domingo Rubens Graffigna (April 2, 1926 – December 9, 2019)[2] was an Argentine Air Force officer who served in the second military junta of the National Reorganization Process dictatorship. Along with Santiago Omar Riveros, he was one of the last two surviving (as of 2018[update]) members of the dictatorship. On 8 September 2016 he was sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment for crimes during the dictatorship.