Hernán Abriata
Hernán Abriata | |
|---|---|
 Hernán Abriata, desaparecidos | |
| Born | 1951-12-13 |
| Died | 1977-01-05[1][2] |
| Nationality | Argentina |
| Occupation | student |
| Known for | covertly murdered by security officials |
Hernán Abriata was an Argentinian architecture student who was secretly kidnapped and murdered in 1976, during Argentina's "Dirty War".[3][4]
In December 2022 former policeman Mario Sandoval was convicted for playing a role in his murder-kidnapping.[3] Sandoval received a 15 year sentence.
Abriata married in 1976.[2] He shared a cell at the ESMA torture center with Carlos Loza, one of only 100 surviving desaparecidos.[4] Loza testified, at Sandoval's trial, that Abriata was "transferred" on January 5, 1977.[1] The Guardian explained, for its readers, that, in this case, "transfer" meant extrajudicial execution.
A note, declaring his love for his wife, was discovered when the site of the torture prison was renovated, in 2017.[5]
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Sam Jones (2019-12-16). "Suspected Argentinian torturer who taught at Sorbonne extradited by France". The Guardian. Madrid. Archived from the original on 2021-05-05. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
Carlos Loza, a friend of Abriata and a fellow detainee at the Esma, told a judge that Abriata was tortured several times. Loza said the last time he saw Abriata “was between 4 and 5 January 1977”, adding that he was being “transferred” – a euphemism for being taken away to be executed.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
Carlos Loza. "Hernán Abriata: Nació el 13 de Diciembre de 1951 - Desapareció el 20 de octubre de 1976". desaparecidos (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2022-10-01. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
Era estudiante de la FADU/UBA. Estuvo detenido en la ESMA, donde fue visto por Carlos Loza. Allí fue torturado.
CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1
Vanessa Buschschlüter (2022-12-22). "Mario Sandoval: Notorious Argentine torturer jailed". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2022-12-22. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
Argentine former police officer Mario Sandoval attends the beginning of his trial over the disappearance of a student at the federal courts in Buenos Aires, on September 14, 2022.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Josh Salisbury (2022-12-22). "Mario Sandoval: Ex-policeman who worked at notorious Argentine torture centre jailed". The Standard. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
- ↑
Lucía Cholakian Herrera (2022-12-22). "Dictatorship torturer found teaching at Sorbonne sentenced to 15 years". Buenos Aires Herald. Retrieved 2025-12-02.
Aged 24 at the time, Abriata was an architecture student and a member of Peronist University Youth at the University of Buenos Aires. A message from him was discovered on the wall of the attic where he was held during the conservation process of the building in 2017. “H.A. [for his initials] Mónica te amo” (“Mónica, I love you”). But, to the day, the fate of Abriata after being kept in ESMA remains unknown.