A Buenos Aires City federal court has granted probation to Eduardo Kalinec, a former senior police officer who had been sentenced to life in prison in 2010 for torture and murders committed during the military dictatorship (1976-1983).

Kalinec, known by his victims as “Doctor K,” served as the Federal Police commissioner during the dictatorship. He was convicted of crimes committed in three clandestine detention centers in Buenos Aires City: Atlético, Banco, and Olimpo.

The decision was made on Monday by the Oral Federal Tribunal No. 2 following a ruling by the 4th Chamber of the Federal Criminal Cassation Court last week. That latter ruling was crucial, as it backtracked a ruling the court made in September denying Kalinec probation.

The basis for the refusal was the gravity of Kalinec’s crimes, his lack of remorse, an insufficient prognosis for social reintegration, and international jurisprudence on crimes against humanity.

The court quoted a report by........

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