"El Turco Julián" died, first convicted of crimes against humanity after the annulment of the laws of Due Obedience and Final Point

Julio Héctor Simón was sentenced three times for crimes during the dictatorship, including kidnapping, torture and the appropriation of minors.He was serving his sentence in Campo de Mayo.

The Federal Police officer had been identified by the victim, Edith Aixa Bona, in the 'Contraoffensive I' trial in which he testified as a witness. Read more

The second chamber of the Federal Chamber of Criminal Cassation today unanimously upheld the ten-year prison sentence imposed on former commissioner of the Argentine Federal Police Roberto Álvarez in the case of "Montonera III Contraoffensive." The country's highest criminal court, composed of judges Alejandro W. Slokar, Angela E. Ledesma and Guillermo J. Yacobucci, confirmed the decision of the Oral Court in the Federal Criminal case N°4 of San…

Julio Héctor «El Turco Julián» Simón, former member of the Argentine Federal Police, died on Tuesday at the age of 84 while serving his sentence after having been sentenced three times for crimes against humanity during the last dictatorship. The ex-repressor served a sentence in Unit No. 34 of the Federal Prison Service, in Campo de Mayo, and two weeks ago the Justice had rejected a request for home imprisonment. During the last civic-miliar di…

Former federal police officer Julio Héctor Simón, known as “El Turco Julián”, died Tuesday at the age of 84, who became the first to be convicted of crimes against humanity after the repeal of the laws of Obedience Debida and Punto Final in Argentina. Simón died while serving his sentence in Campo de Mayo. “El Turco Julián” was convicted three times for crimes committed during the last military dictatorship (1976-1983), including kidnapping, tor…

Canal C "Turco Julián", one of the most feared repressors of the last dictatorship On Tuesday, at the age of 82, Julio Héctor Simón, better known as "Turco Julián", one of the most feared and hated repressors of the last military dictatorship in Argentina (1976-1983), died. Simon, who was detained in Ezeiza prison serving several sentences for crimes against humanity, was the first convicted after the reopening of trials in 2006.