Former Argentine dictator sentenced to life

Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla has been convicted and sentenced to life in prison for human rights abuses during his rule.



Videla was among the coup leaders who overthrew president Isabel Martinez de Peron in March 1976.



The 84-year-old ex-dictator was previously found guilty of other human rights abuses, including kidnapping, torture and homicide.



In 1985, he was sentenced to life in prison but was released in 1990 under a pardon issued by then-President Carlos Menem.



Argentina's congress and courts have struck down the pardons and amnesty laws of the 1980s, clearing the way for rights trials to be held again.