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Juan José Lombardo (19 March 1927 – 26 November 2019) was an Argentine vice admiral imprisoned for crimes against humanity. He was the commander-in-chief of the South Atlantic Theatre of Operations during the 1982
Juan José Lombardo (19 March 1927 – 26 November 2019) was an Argentine vice admiral imprisoned for crimes against humanity. He was the commander-in-chief of the South Atlantic Theatre of Operations during the 1982 Falklands War
The Falklands War ( es, link=no, Guerra de las Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial de ...
. He was also the mastermind of the Argentine invasion of the Falklands. Lombardo was born in Salto, Buenos Aires
Salto is a city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the Administrative centre, administrative headquarters for Salto Partido. It is about 200 km (124 mi) from Buenos Aires and 55 km ( 34 mi) from Pergamino. Salto is an a ...
in March 1927.
Trial
In 2010, he was put under house arrest forcrimes against humanity
Crimes against humanity are widespread or systemic acts committed by or on behalf of a ''de facto'' authority, usually a state, that grossly violate human rights. Unlike war crimes, crimes against humanity do not have to take place within the ...
committed in Argentina during the National Reorganization Process
The National Reorganization Process (Spanish: ''Proceso de Reorganización Nacional'', often simply ''el Proceso'', "the Process") was the military dictatorship that ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983, in which it was supported by the United Sta ...
. He was later one of the 63 accused of such crimes during the dictatorship in a series of trial known as the "ESMA mega-trial".
In February 2016, he received a third sentence of life imprisonment.
He died in November 2019, two weeks after being admitted to the Hospital Naval
Hospital Naval is a building in the Caballito section of Buenos Aires designed by architect Clorindo Testa in 1977. Serving Argentine Navy personnel and facing Parque Centenario, the institution was established in 1947, and its current, modernis ...
in Buenos Aires. Lombardo was 92 years old.
See also
* Argentine naval forces in the Falklands WarFootnotes
1927 births 2019 deaths Argentine military personnel of the Falklands War Argentine Navy admirals Argentine people of Italian descent People from Salto Partido Argentine people convicted of crimes against humanity {{Argentina-mil-bio-stub