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Ford bosses face Argentina trial over kidnap and torture of trade unionists under the junta

TWO former Ford bosses face trial in Argentina for helping the 1970s dictatorship to kidnap and torture trade unionists.

Former factory director Pedro Muller and ex-security manager Hector Francisco Jesus Sibilla appeared before the San Martin federal court outside Buenos Aires on Tuesday.

They are accused of colluding with Jorge Videla’s military junta, which ruled Argentina from 1976 until 1983.

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