Witness to Bishop’s Death Freed in Argentina
By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO and CHARLES NEWBERY
Published: April 21, 2011
SÃO PAULO, Brazil — A missing witness to the death of a Roman Catholic bishop during Argentina’s military dictatorship was found safe early Thursday after unknown people took him hostage and warned him to back down from testifying in an inquiry into the death, the witness’s lawyer said on Thursday.
The witness, Víctor Martínez, 52, had been missing since Monday afternoon and the Argentine president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, had ordered the country’s security forces to try to find him, fearing he could be killed.
Kidnappers grabbed Mr. Martínez, a spokesman for Amnesty International in Argentina, near his home in the Palermo neighborhood of Buenos Aires, then drove away in a windowless van and held him captive in a house, his lawyer, Gabriela Scopel, said.
Ms. Scopel added that he was found wandering in a sedated state in the Caballito neighborhood.
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