Ex-military intel captain convicted for role in child appropriation case in Tucumán |
Former military intelligence captain Carlos Alberto Vega was sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in the abduction and appropriation of Marcos Ramos as a baby in 1977, during the last military dictatorship, in Tucumán.
Ramos is the 128th grandchild to have recovered his identity thanks to the work of the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo.
Vega was convicted as a “necessary participant” not only in the abduction, unlawful detention and concealment of Ramos, but also of his older brother, Elías Ismael Suleiman, who was eight at the time.
The sentence also covers the crimes related to altering the brothers’ legal identities.
While Ramos was stolen and raised under a false identity, Suleiman — his half brother on their mother’s side — managed to escape and reunite with his father’s family.
Several other people were accused in the investigation, but Vega was the only one alive when the trial took place.
According to the judiciary, he played a key role in altering Ramos’ legal identity and handing him over to the military family that raised him, with whom........