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France extradites 'butcher' of Argentine dictatorship

Abriata's 92-year-old mother Beatriz Cantarini de Abriata, shown here at a protest in 2014, is "desperately waiting" for his trial, a lawyer for Argentina told AFP.

An Argentine ex-police officer linked to the murder of hundreds of people during the country's "dirty war" was on a plane to Buenos Aires on Monday, after France extradited him to face trial over the disappearance of a student.

Mario Sandoval was arrested Wednesday at his home near Paris, after French authorities gave the final go-ahead for his extradition, ending an eight-year legal battle.

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