Identity
Current Charges
- Military coup and authoritarian rule.
- Forced disappearances during the Dirty War.
- Torture, political imprisonment, and extrajudicial killings.
- Suppression of political opposition and civil society.
Full Bio
Jorge Rafael Videla was an Argentine military officer who ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1981 after a military coup. His regime became infamous for the Dirty War, during which thousands of people were disappeared, tortured, imprisoned, or killed.