Omar Graffigna

Omar Graffigna
Birth nameOmar Domingo Rubens Graffigna
Born(1926-04-02)April 2, 1926
Clarke, Santa Fe Province[1]
DiedDecember 9, 2019(2019-12-09) (aged 93)
Buenos Aires
AllegianceArgentina
Service / branchArgentine Air Force
Years of service1944–1981
RankBrigadier General
CommandsChief of the General Staff (1979–81)
Battles / wars
Conviction(s)Crimes against humanity, including kidnapping, torture and murder
Criminal penalty25 years in prison
Date apprehended
2013

Omar Domingo Rubens Graffigna (April 2, 1926 – December 9, 2019)[2] was an Argentine Air Force officer who served in the second military junta of the National Reorganization Process dictatorship. Along with Santiago Omar Riveros, he was one of the last two surviving (as of 2018) members of the dictatorship. On 8 September 2016 he was sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment for crimes during the dictatorship.

  1. ^ Reseña Histórica de Carrizales (Clarke) (in Spanish) Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Last Argentine Junta member dies aged 93".

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