Former Ford Executives In Argentina Convicted Of Kidnapping, Torturing Employees
(WorldNews Argentina)

Two former executives of a local Ford Motor Co plant have been convicted for human rights crimes over the abduction and torture of company workers during Argentina´s 1976-83 dictatorship in a historic judgment, The Guardian reports. Although nearly 1,000 former military officers have been imprisoned over crimes committed under military rule, Tuesday´s verdict in a Buenos Aires court marked the first time executives of a foreign company have been convicted. Former Ford executive Pedro Müller, 86, and Héctor Sibila, 90, a former Ford security manager, were sentenced to 10 and 12 years, respectively, for the kidnapping and torture of 24 employees at Ford´s General Pacheco plant outside...