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Friday, December 16, 2011
Daily Headlines: December 16, 2011
* Argentina: The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights gave an Argentine judge more than 100 photos with images of alleged victims during the Dirty War regime.
* Mexico: Three officials in the Mexican state of Guerrero were dismissed over the deaths of two student protesters during clashes with police.
* Honduras: Honduran police have come under fire after firing tear gas and swinging batons at anti-violence demonstrators.
* Venezuela: A French court sentenced Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, better known as Carlos the Jackal, to life in prison for a second time.
Image Source – Flickr via longhorndave (Art installation with pictures of “disappeared” Argentines placed in front of the infamous Navy Mechanics School). (CC BY 2.0)
Online Sources – ABC News, LAHT, Fox News Latino, Huffington Post
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