Argentina's military junta, in power between 1976 and 1983, is accused of having ordered the disappearance of around 9,000 people in what has since been known as the "Dirty War". After a 13-year amnesty, the trials of its leaders are back on track.
Alfredo Astiz, known as the "Blond Angel of Death", goes on trial Friday over his alleged role in the disappearance of political dissidents during the Argentinian dictatorship's "dirty war" of the 1970s.
Andres BERMUDEZ LIEVANO 
