Orlando Ramón Agosti

Orlando Ramón Agosti
Orlando Ramón Agosti in 1978
Born	1924
Died	1997
Allegiance	Argentina
Service/branch	Argentine Air Force
Rank	Brigadier General (equivalent to 3-star or 4-star rank)

Orlando Ramón Agosti (18 December 1924 – 6 October 1997) was an Argentine general. With General Jorge Rafael Videla, he ruled Argentina between 1976 and 1981. Agosti was Commander-in-Chief of the Argentine Air Force from 1976 to 1979.

In 1985, he was accused of 88 murders, 581 illegal arrests, 278 cases of torture (of which seven resulted in death), 110 theft in aggravating circumstances and 11 abductions of minors. On December of the same year, Agosti was found guilty of eight specific counts of torture and was sentenced to four and a half years in prison. He was released from prison on May 9, 1989. In 1990, he was pardoned by President Carlos Saul Menem. Orlando Ramón Agosti died in 1997.^[1]

References

1. ^ Calvin Sims (October 11, 1997). "Orlando Agosti, 73, Argentine Junta Member". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/11/world/orlando-agosti-73-argentine-junta-member.html. 

Sources

• Trial watch
• Agosti

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Military offices
Preceded by Hector Fautario	General Commander of the Argentine Air Force 1975–1976	Succeeded by Himself As Commander-in-Chief of the Argentine Air Force
Preceded by Himself As General Commander of the Argentine Air Force	Commander-in-Chief of the Argentine Air Force 1976–1979	Succeeded by Omar Graffigna

Persondata
Name	Agosti, Orlando Ramon
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Date of birth	1924
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Date of death	1997
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