Fatima Massacre
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The Fatima Massacre refers to an incident in Fátima, Buenos Aires
, Argentina
, where 30 drugged and illegally-detained prisoners were shot and whose bodies were then dynamited on August 20, 1976.
On July 11, 2008, more than three decades after the incident, two former Argentine police officers were sentenced to life in prison.
Fátima, Buenos Aires
Fatima is a small country town located at the outskirts of Pilar City. Fatima is part of the Pilar Partido....
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, where 30 drugged and illegally-detained prisoners were shot and whose bodies were then dynamited on August 20, 1976.
On July 11, 2008, more than three decades after the incident, two former Argentine police officers were sentenced to life in prison.