The Argentine courts, however, in a burst of last-minute activity, accepted cases involving several hundred officers.

The auditing office's report corroborates a similar finding by a group of contracting experts commissioned by Argentine courts to investigate the case.

In 2006 an Argentine court condemned the 1970s government's crimes as crimes against humanity and genocide.

My subordinates followed my orders," he told an Argentine court.

By following these criteria, Argentine courts have developed standards very similar to European regulation.

The Argentine court eventually denied the process, but appeals and other delays caused the extradition case to take more than a year.

Seven other Iranians were accused of involvement by an Argentine court.

In 2000 an Argentine appellate court affirmed a lower court's dismissal of a claim that a Yahoo!

But he was released in November after Argentine courts found "insufficient evidence."