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Two former Ford directors were sentenced to prison on Tuesday (11) for taking part in the hijacking of company employees during the Argentine dictatorship from 1976 to 1983.
After a year of trial, an Argentinian court sentenced Héctor Sibilla, 91, former director of corporate security, to 12 years in prison and Pedro Muller, 86, former director of manufacturing for ten years.
The decision refers to the participation of both men in the abduction. In 1976, Muller and Sibilla "provided the necessary means" to the agents of the dictatorship to identify the important members of the union who represented the factory workers, in order to be able to arrest, "according to a note from the government. official information agency of the Argentine judiciary
Some of the victims were kept in captivity at the workplace.
Several of the perpetrators were tortured in a factory in General Pacheco, in the northern suburbs of Buenos Aires, before being taken to secret detention centers, according to the victims' testimony.
In 1976, during the coup d'etat. which overthrew President María Estela Martínez de Perón, the Ford factory had nearly 5,000 workers and 2,500 administrative employees.
Similar cases have been reported in other companies, such as Mercedes Benz, Renault and Fiat, but so far only the lawsuit against the former Ford executives has been able to progress. The trial is limited to determining the responsibility of the accused and does not involve the company.
The sentence pbaded on Muller and Sibilla was received with applause and crying of the survivors and their relatives. Both are currently under house arrest but will have to serve their sentences in a prison once the verdict is confirmed.
In the same decision, retired General Santiago Riveros was sentenced to 15 years in prison for running Campo de Mayo's clandestine detention center, north of Buenos Aires and near the headquarters of the city. ;factory.
The penalty for other convictions for violating human rights during the dictatorship was considered a co-perpetrator of unlawful intrusion and unlawful deprivation of liberty.
"We would not have arrived without the will and support of the people."
Asked about the next steps, Tomas Quintana, Victim Advocate, said that he was badessing the prosecution of the victims human rights abuses and that the human rights issue was well established (in Argentina), "said Pedro Troaini, one of the victims. Ford in the United States.
" It is clear that the Ford Motor Company had control of the Argentine subsidiary in the 1970s. So there is a direct responsibility of the sso can give us the opportunity to bring the case in US courts, "he declared.
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