Spain's High Court has approved the extradition to Uruguay of a doctor accused of helping the military torture dissidents during the right-wing military dictatorship in the 1970s, the court said on Monday.
The extradition had been requested by a Montevideo court based on the testimony of eight victims who allege that the doctor, Carlos Americo Suzacq, advised the military on when to stop or continue torture at a detention centre of the 6th Mechanised Cavalry Regiment in Montevideo between 1972 and 1975.
"Even taking into account that more than 40 years have passed since the events reported...the nature and seriousness of these events, as well as the need to prevent them from going unpunished, leads this court to grant the extradition claim," the Spanish tribunal said in its verdict.
