Argentines demand justice for missing witness

19/09/11 06:53 CET

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Thousands of Argentines have demanded justice for a key witness who disappeared five years ago. Julio Lopez helped convict a former police commander of dictatorship-era crimes but then went missing. The case has never been resolved provoking accusations of a police cover-up.

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