Reynaldo Bignone

Operation Condor: Former Argentine junta leader jailed

Bignone and 14 other military officers were found guilty by a court in Argentina after a three-year trial.

Many left-wing activists were kidnapped and killed in Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Bolivia.

Operation Condor was secretly launched in the 1970s.

Judges at the court in Buenos Aires announced the sentencing of Bignone, Argentina's last dictator, on Friday.

Former Uruguayan Col Manuel Cordero - the only non-Argentine defendant - was jailed for 25 years.